Anthony Quinn as Barabbas

Silvana Mangano as Rachel

Arthur Kennedy as Pontius Pilate

Katy Jurado as Sara

Harry Andrews as Peter

Vittorio Gassman as Sahak

Norman Wooland as Rufio

Valentina Cortese as Julia

Jack Palance as Torvald

Ernest Borgnine as Lucius

Arnoldo Foà as Joseph of Arimathea

Michael Gwynn as Lazarus

Laurence Payne as Disciple

Douglas Fowley as Vasasio

Guido Celano as Scorpio

Enrico Glori as Man Pleading for Release of Prisoner

Carlo Giustini as Officer (as Carlo Giutini)

Giovanni Di Benedetto as Officer (as Gianni Di Benedetto)

Robert Hall as Commander of Gladiators

Rina Braido as Tavern Reveler

Nando Angelini as

Tullio Tomadoni as Blind Man

Joe Robinson as Bearded Gladiator

Friedrich von Ledebur as Officer (as Frederich Ledebur)

Marcello Di Martire as

Spartaco Nale as Overseer

Maria Zanoli as Beggar Woman

Gustavo De Nardo as

Vladimiro Picciafuochi as Guard with Rufio

Sharon Tate as Patrician in Arena (uncredited)

Emma Baron as

Roland Bartrop as

George Birt as

Sal Borgese as Gladiator

Harold Bradley as

William Lyon Brown as

Roger Browne as

Alfio Caltabiano as

Miranda Campa as

Omero Capanna as

Livia Cordaro as

Dave Crowley as

Dale Cummings as

Carolyn De Fonseca as

Jim Dolen as

Vera Drudi as

George Ehling as

Naci Erhun as

Jody Excell as

Karin von Faber as

Arnaldo Fabrizio as

Charles Fawcett as

Rina Franchetti as

Robert Gardett as

Fernando Hilbeck as

John Horne as

William Kiehl as

Carlo Latimer as

Curt Lowens as

Natasha Lytess as

Rocco Roy Mangano as

Maria Marchi as

Walter Maslow as

David Maunsell as

Maria Mizar as

Lucia Modugno as

Sandro Mondini as

David Montresor as

Paul Müller as

Burt Nelson as

Remington Olmsted as

Piero Pastore as

Paola Pitagora as

Mimmo Poli as

Massimo Righi as

Margherita Sala as

Amerigo Santarelli as

Gaetano Scala as

Nino Segurini as

John Stacy as

Dan Sturkie as

Jacopo Tecchi as

Darix Togni as

Ivan Triesault as

Wladimiro Tuicovich as

Marco Tulli as

Giovanni Vari as

Richard Watson as

Veronica Wells as

Jay Weston as