The Ten Commandments

Synopsis

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

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Cast

Charlton Heston

Moses

Yul Brynner

Rameses

Anne Baxter

Nefretiri

Edward G. Robinson

Dathan

Yvonne De Carlo

Sephora

Debra Paget

Lilia

John Derek

Joshua

Cedric Hardwicke

Sethi

Nina Foch

Bithiah

Martha Scott

Yochabel

Judith Anderson

Memnet

Vincent Price

Baka

John Carradine

Aaron

Olive Deering

Miriam

Douglass Dumbrille

Jannes

Frank De Kova

Abiram

Henry Wilcoxon

Pentaur

Eduard Franz

Jethro

Donald Curtis

Mered

Lawrence Dobkin

Hur Ben Caleb

Crew

Art

• Hal Pereira Art Direction
• Walter H. Tyler Art Direction
• Albert Nozaki Art Direction
• Sam Comer Set Decoration
• Ray Moyer Set Decoration
• Gordon Cole Property Master
• Robert Goodstein Property Master
• Jerry Cook Construction Coordinator

Camera

• Loyal Griggs Director of Photography
• W. Wallace Kelley Additional Photography
• John F. Warren Additional Photography
• J. Peverell Marley Additional Photography
• Richard Mueller Other
• Norbert Haring Grip
• Albert Scheving Assistant Camera
• Murray Young Key Grip
• Glen E. Richardson Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Frank McCoy Makeup Artist
• Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
• Frank Westmore Makeup Artist
• Nellie Manley Hairstylist
• Dorothy Jeakins Costume Design
• Arnold Friberg Costume Design
• John Jensen Costume Design
• Ralph Jester Costume Design
• Edith Head Costume Design
• Bud Bashaw Jr. Makeup Artist
• Helen Lierly Hairstylist
• Vera Tomei Hairstylist

Crew

• Polly Burson Stunts
• LeRoy Prinz Choreographer
• Ruth Godfrey Choreographer
• Loren Janes Stunts
• George R. Hughes Thanks
• William C. Hayes Thanks
• Frances Dawson Other
• Farciot Edouart Special Effects
• Labib Habachi Thanks
• Paul K. Lerpae Special Effects
• Rudolph Lupo Thanks
• Ralph Marcus Thanks

Directing

• Cecil B. DeMille Director
• Francisco Day Assistant Director
• Edward Salven Assistant Director
• Michael D. Moore Assistant Director
• Daniel McCauley Assistant Director
• Arthur Rosson Assistant Director
• Fouad Aref Assistant Director

Editing

• Anne Bauchens Editor

Production

• Cecil B. DeMille Producer
• Henry Wilcoxon Associate Producer
• C. Kenneth Deland Production Manager
• Donald Robb Production Manager
• Gladys Percey Researcher
• Henry Noerdlinger Researcher
• Frank Caffey Production Manager
• Doris Turner Production Secretary

Sound

• Gene Garvin Sound Recordist
• Louis Mesenkop Recording Supervision
• Harry Lindgren Sound Recordist
• Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer
• Loren L. Ryder Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• George Dutton Sound Effects Designer

Visual Effects

• Albert Simpson Matte Painter

Writing

• Fredric M. Frank Screenplay
• Jesse Lasky Jr. Screenplay
• Jack Gariss Screenplay
• Aeneas MacKenzie Screenplay
• A.E. Southon Novel
• Dorothy Clarke Wilson Novel
• J.H. Ingraham Novel

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