After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.


Books on Ben-Hur

Jon Solomon
Ben-Hur, The original blockbuster
Edinburgh, 2016

Books with substantial mentioning of Ben-Hur

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

W. Barnes Tatum
Jesus at the Movies, A Guide to the First Hundred Years
Santa Rosa, Ca, 2004

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Neil Sinyard
Classic Movies
London, 1993

Jean-Pierre Frimbois
Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du film historique
Alleur (Belgique), 1989

Joel Finler
All-Time Box-Office Hits
New York City, 1985

Jeff Rovin
The Films of Charlton Heston
Secaucus, N.J., 1977

Douglas Brode
The Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Books with an entry on Ben-Hur

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles with an entry on Ben-Hur

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49