Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
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Ramon Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur
Francis X. Bushman as Messala
May McAvoy as Esther
Betty Bronson as Mary
Claire McDowell as Princess of Hur
Kathleen Key as Tirzah
Carmel Myers as Iras
Nigel De Brulier as Simonides
Mitchell Lewis as Sheik Ilderim
Leo White as Sanballat
Frank Currier as Quintus Arrius
Charles Belcher as Balthazar
Dale Fuller as Amrah
Winter Hall as Joseph
Reginald Barker as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
John Barrymore as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Clarence Brown as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Manuel Caballero as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Gilbert Clayton as (uncredited)
Joan Crawford as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Jacob Dance as Wealthy Man (uncredited)
Marion Davies as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
William Donovan as Charioteer of Corinthian Bay Team (uncredited)
Bill Elliott as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Ray Erlenborn as (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
George Fitzmaurice as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Sidney Franklin as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Rosita Garcia as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Janet Gaynor as Slave Girl (uncredited)
John Gilbert as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Gish as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Lillian Gish as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Samuel Goldwyn as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Gordon as Centurion (uncredited)
Sid Grauman as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
William Green as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Noble Johnson as Crowd Member (uncredited)
Rupert Julian as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Henry King as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Carole Lombard as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons as Charioteer (uncredited)
Mickey Millerick as (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Colleen Moore as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Claude Payton as Jesus Christ (uncredited)
Mary Pickford as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Satini Pualoa as Extra (uncredited)
Leonora Summers as (uncredited)
Tom Tyler as Charioteer (uncredited)
Christiane Yves as Hedonist (uncredited)
Gary Cooper as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Clark Gable as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Myrna Loy as Slave Girl (uncredited)
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