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The Ten Commandments Cast & Crew

"The greatest event in motion picture history!"

G 1956 · 3h 40m

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Screenplay

Fredric M. Frank , Jesse Lasky Jr. , Jack Gariss , Aeneas MacKenzie

Based on

A.E. Southon , Dorothy Clarke Wilson , J.H. Ingraham

Producers

Cecil B. DeMille

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Loyal Griggs

Editor

Anne Bauchens

Costume design

Dorothy Jeakins , Arnold Friberg , John Jensen , Ralph Jester , Edith Head

Full cast

115 cast members

Charlton Heston

Edward G. Robinson

Yvonne De Carlo

Cedric Hardwicke

Judith Anderson

Douglass Dumbrille

Lawrence Dobkin

Jethro's Daughter

Noelle Williams

Jethro's Daughter

Jethro's Daughter

Pat Richard

Jethro's Daughter

Joyce van der Veen

Jethro's Daughter

Diane Hall

Jethro's Daughter

Abbas El Boughdadly

Rameses' Charioteer

Fraser Clarke Heston

The Infant Moses

Francis McDonald

King of Ethiopia

Tommy Duran

Gershom

Esther Brown

Princess Tharbis

(as Rushti Abaza)

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

Sheik of Hazerath

Babette Bain

Little Miriam

Kay Bell

Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave

Guardian of the Prince / Court Woman / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Mother

Commander of the Hosts

Eleazar as an Adult

Little Boy in Exodus

Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

Edna Mae Cooper

Woman of the Court

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

The Blind One's Granddaughter

Trojan Ambassador

Court Lady in Pool

Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer

Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor

Pretty Slave Girl

Fred Kohler Jr.

Kenneth MacDonald

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

Architect's Assistant

Amena Mohamed

Architect's Assistant

Paula Morgan

Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman

Dorothy Neumann

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

Sheik of Rephidim

Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Addison Richards

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Courtier / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Overseer

Marcoreta Starr

Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Sardinian Captain

Amanda Webb

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)

Lillian Albertson

Slave (uncredited)

Barbara Aler

Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Taskmaster (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Arthur Batanides

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Lesley-Marie Colburn

Slave Child (uncredited)

Fairy Cunningham

Court Lady / Slave (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Grease Woman (uncredited)

Cretan Ambassador (uncredited)

Courier (uncredited)

Madeleine Taylor Holmes

Slave (uncredited)

Bit Part (uncredited)

Court Lady in Pool (uncredited)

Charlotte Knight

Slave (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Courtier (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Egyptian Guard (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Slave (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Slave (uncredited)

Crew by department

77 crew members

Directing

Cecil B. DeMille

Assistant Director

Daniel McCauley

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Fouad Aref

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Michael D. Moore

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Writing

A.E. Southon

Novel

Dorothy Clarke Wilson

Novel

J.H. Ingraham

Novel

Aeneas MacKenzie

Fredric M. Frank

Jack Gariss

Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Production

Cecil B. DeMille

C. Kenneth Deland

Production Manager

Donald Robb

Production Manager

Production Manager

Associate Producer

Camera

Albert Scheving

Assistant Camera

Glen E. Richardson

Still Photographer

Editing

Sound

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

Sound Effects Designer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Art

Walter H. Tyler

Property Master

Robert Goodstein

Property Master

Jerry Cook

Construction Coordinator

Visual Effects

Farciot Edouart

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Nellie Manley

Hairstylist

Arnold Friberg

Costume Design

Dorothy Jeakins

John Jensen

Costume Design

Makeup Supervisor

Other

Donald MacLean

Other

Frances Dawson

Other

Richard Mueller

Other

George R. Hughes

Thanks

Keith C. Seele

Thanks

Labib Habachi

Thanks

Ralph Marcus

Thanks

Rudolph Lupo

Thanks

William C. Hayes

Thanks

Henry Noerdlinger

Researcher

Ruth Godfrey

Choreographer

Animal Wrangler

Production Secretary

Recording Supervision

J. Peverell Marley

Additional Photography

Additional Photography

W. Wallace Kelley

Additional Photography

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