Film record

The Ten Commandments

1956Feature film220 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
adventure film · drama film · historical film · sword-and-sandal film

Credits

Direction

Cecil B. DeMille — Directing

Cast

Charlton Heston — Acting (Moses)
Yul Brynner — Acting (Rameses II)
Anne Baxter — Acting (Nefretiri)
Edward G. Robinson — Acting (Dathan)
Yvonne De Carlo — Acting (Sephora)
Debra Paget — Acting (Lilia)
John Derek — Acting (Joshua)
Cedric Hardwicke — Acting (Sethi)
Nina Foch — Acting (Bithiah)
Martha Scott — Acting (Yochabel)
Judith Anderson — Acting (Memnet)
Vincent Price — Acting (Baka)
John Carradine — Acting (Aaron)
Cecil B. DeMille — Acting (Narrator)
Olive Deering — Acting (Miriam)
Douglass Dumbrille — Acting (Jannes)
Henry Wilcoxon — Acting (Pentaur)
Frank de Kova — Acting (Abiram)
Lawrence Dobkin — Acting (Hur Ben Caleb)
Ian Keith — Acting (Rameses I)
Lillian Albertson — Acting (Slave)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds — Acting (Frail Old Lady)
Fraser Clarke Heston — Acting (The Infant Moses)
Woody Strode — Acting (King of Ethiopia)
Henry Corden — Acting (Sheik of Sinai)
H. B. Warner — Acting (Amminadab)
Mimi Gibson — Acting (The Blind One's Granddaughter)
Donald Curtis — Acting (Mered)
Dorothy Adams — Acting (Slave Woman)
Eduard Franz — Acting (Jethro)
Francis McDonald — Acting (Simon)
Gavin Gordon — Acting (Trojan Ambassador)
Joan Woodbury — Acting (Korah's Wife)
John Miljan — Acting (The Blind One)
Julia Faye — Acting (Elisheba)
Luis Alberni — Acting (Old Hebrew)
Michael Ansara — Acting (Taskmaster)
Paul Harvey — Acting (Royal Physician)
Irene Martin — Acting (Tuya)
Joanna Merlin — Acting (Jethro's Daughter)
Arthur Batanides — Acting (Hebrew)
Edward Earle — Acting (Slave)
Peter Hansen — Acting (Young Aide)
Harry Woods — Acting (Officer)
Kay Hammond — Acting (Grease Woman)
Serena Sande — Acting (Hebrew Girl)
E. J. André — Acting (Sheik of Hazerath)
Baynes Barron — Acting (Taskmaster)
Henry Brandon — Acting (Commander of the Hosts)
Bobby Clark — Acting (Little Boy in Exodus)
Mike Connors — Acting (Amalekite Herder)
Edna Mae Cooper — Acting (Woman of the Court)
Maude Fealy — Acting (Slave Woman)
Kenneth MacDonald — Acting (Hebrew)
Peter Mamakos — Acting (Chief Driver)
George Melford — Acting (Hebrew)
John Merton — Acting (Architect's Assistant)
Addison Richards — Acting (Fan Bearer)
Keith Richards — Acting (Hebrew)
Onslow Stevens — Acting (Lugal)
Clint Walker — Acting (Sardinian Captain)
Frank Wilcox — Acting (Wazir)
Frankie Darro — Acting (Slave)
Robert Vaughn — Acting (Spearman)
Peter Coe — Acting (Egyptian Soldier)
Richard Farnsworth — Acting (Chariot Driver)
Zebedy Colt — Acting (Slave)
Gordon Mitchell — Acting (Egyptian Guard)
Robert Fuller — Acting
Peter Baldwin — Acting (Courtier)
Norman Leavitt — Acting (Slave)
Stuart Randall — Acting (Elder of Joseph)
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Steve Darrell — Acting (Man with Bedding)
Neyle Morrow — Acting (Slave)
Norman Bartold — Acting (Signalman)
John Milford — Acting (Attendant)
Ric Roman — Acting (Hebrew)
Ethan Laidlaw — Acting (Elder of Joseph)
Franklyn Farnum — Acting (High Official)
Robert Bice — Acting (Sergeant)
Stanley Price — Acting (Slave)
Mickey Simpson — Acting (Overseer)
Eugenia Paul — Acting (Hebrew Girl)
Frank Hagney — Acting (Hebrew)
Harry Lewis — Acting (Slave)
Tom Nolan — Acting (Granary Child)
Ken Terrell — Acting (Amalekite)
Jon Peters — Acting (Boy)
Eddie Kane — Acting (Hebrew)
Mary Ellen Kay — Acting (Court Lady)
John Hart — Acting (Cretan Ambassador)
Ted Allan — Acting (Hebrew)
Joe Gray — Acting (Palace Guard)
Nico Minardos — Acting (Courtier)
Emmett Lynn — Acting (Old Slave)
Jack Mather — Acting (High Priest)
Herbert Heyes — Acting (Old Councillor)
George Khoury — Acting (Hebrew)
Charles Stevens — Acting (Slave)
Than Wyenn — Acting (Slave)
Madge Meredith — Acting (Slave)
Carl Switzer — Acting (Slave)
Paul Wexler — Acting (Hebrew)
Michael Mark — Acting (Hebrew)
George Robotham — Acting (Attendant)
Harry Landers — Acting (Architect's Assistant)
Anthony Eustrel — Acting (First High Priest)
Edmund Penney — Acting (High Priest)
Paul De Rolf — Acting (Eleazar)
Charlotte Knight — Acting (Slave)
Matty Fain — Acting (Slave)
Hallene Hill — Acting (Old Woman)
Rus Conklin — Acting (Brick-Carrier)

Writing

Æneas MacKenzie — Screenwriting
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. — Screenwriting
Jack Gariss — Screenwriting
Fredric M. Frank — Screenwriting

Production

Cecil B. DeMille — Production
Henry Wilcoxon — Production

Music

Elmer Bernstein — Music composition

Cinematography

Loyal Griggs — Cinematography

Editing

Anne Bauchens — Editing

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
5 Oct 1956Checked 11 Sep 2026
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