The Ten Commandments
To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharaoh Rameses I (Ian Keith), condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the infant Moses (Fraser C. Heston) is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah (Nina Foch), he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Sethi (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). Moses (Charlton Heston) gains Sethi's favor and the love of the throne Princess Nefretiri (Anne Baxter), as well as the hatred of Sethi's son, Rameses II (Yul Brynner). When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son, and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses' fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses II, but someone near to him who can "harden his heart".
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writer: Dorothy Clarke Wilson (this work contains material from the book "Prince of Egypt"), J.H. Ingraham (this work contains material from the book "Pillar of Fire"), A.E. Southon (this work contains material from the book "On Eagle's Wing"), Æneas MacKenzie (written for the screen by), Jesse Lasky Jr. (written for the screen by), Jack Gariss (written for the screen by), Fredric M. Frank (written for the screen by)
Production: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1956
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 05 Oct 1956
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations.
Movie Video Clips
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You will be king of Egypt
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It is I who will possess all of her
00:43
Will you lose a throne because Moses builds a city
04:33
Ladies and gentlemen
01:15
Pharoah is pleased
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Why have you come here
00:10
Let my people go
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Water lily
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Did you think my kiss was a promise of what you'll have
00:54
Don't exhaust yourself
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Now speaks the rat that would be my ears
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Like my dog or my horse or my falcon
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Which of my sisters did you choose
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Stricken from all pylons and obelisks
01:07
I have found you
00:37
They told me you were dead
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Your tongue will dig your grave
01:28
But I have saved your son
00:21
The wind opens the sea
00:37
Will you swear in the name of this God that you are not my...
00:37
God of our fathers
01:07
The wine of beauty
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You stubborn
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They're going away
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You are strange to the pits
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Of her own free will
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The queen of Egypt is beautiful
01:10
Learning that it can be more terrible to live than to die
02:07
In fear of your God
00:41
Let the old woman loose
01:02
God of Abraham
01:01
All of you
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What have you found
03:20
The god of Abraham
02:01
I am the Pharaoh's daughter
03:16
Stonecutter
01:02
I'll not leave a man to die in the mud
01:12
No son could have more love for you than I
01:06
Already conquered
01:10
You have come far
01:07
Does your god live on this mountain
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I do not know about such things
00:25
We must have hope
00:57
Would you bury the old woman alive in a tomb of rock
00:20
Stained with his blood
00:22
Proclaim liberty throughout all the lands
04:03
This is for the temple ceremony
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They will stop for me
01:30
Our father
01:11
Did the little boy die in the desert
02:45
And there was light
03:52
What has this child to do with me
03:05
Where is it
00:26
Is it true that Egyptian girls paint their eyes
01:26
An old woman
04:47
Dread Lord of Darkness
00:27
My brother
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Harden yourself against subordinates
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With so many slaves
02:44
But you belong to me
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So are you
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The man best able to rule Egypt will follow me
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Lord Prince
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It would take more than a man to lead the slaves from...
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There is a beauty beyond the senses
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You need have no fear of me
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Moses has words
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You're only happy when you're miserable
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Let him rave on
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Never did a lost sheep have so many shepherds
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Choose one
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You will be the glory of Egypt
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Let your own image proclaim my loyalty for a thousand years
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Your own curse is on him
01:44
Come back to the palace
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If you love me
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You gave me this staff to rule over scorpions and serpents
01:05
I'll give you the wealth of Egypt
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You have rats' ears and a ferret's nose
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Here is your king's scepter
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He opens the waters before them
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The Lord of Hosts will do battle for us
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Where there is death
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Your wish is my will
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Do they love less who have no hope
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Not red with the with the Sammur gown
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Do you haggle with me like a seller of melons in the...
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Then why aren't you kneeling at the feet of a princess
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He turned his staff into a cobra
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Will my father free the slaves
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I think I see him
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Pull for your lives
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Great Prince
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Does the world bow to an empty throne
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Blasphemers
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There's something here
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Catch a lotus and you catch a wish
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Why do you bring this worker of evil before me
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Did He speak
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Am I to be bathed or drowned
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That's a hard dance you do
01:03
Will the life she gave you be more useful in the black pits...
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What will you do
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What gifts do you bring
00:58
What is it
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What kingdom has sent you
02:00
From the burning bush
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
Moses - Charlton Heston
Rameses - Yul Brynner
Nefretiri - Anne Baxter
Dathan - Edward G. Robinson
Sephora - Yvonne De Carlo
Lilia - Debra Paget
Joshua - John Derek
Sethi - Cedric Hardwicke
Bithiah - Nina Foch
Yochabel - Martha Scott
Memnet - Judith Anderson
Baka - Vincent Price
Aaron - John Carradine
Miriam - Olive Deering
Jannes - Douglass Dumbrille
Abiram - Frank DeKova
Pentaur - Henry Wilcoxon
Jethro - Eduard Franz
Mered - Donald Curtis
Hur Ben Caleb - Lawrence Dobkin
Amminadab - H.B. Warner
Elisheba - Julia Faye
Jethro's Daughter - Lisa Mitchell
Jethro's Daughter - Noelle Williams
Jethro's Daughter - Joanna Merlin
Jethro's Daughter - Pat Richard
Jethro's Daughter - Joyce Vanderveen
Jethro's Daughter - Diane Hall
Rameses' Charioteer - Abbas El Boughdadly
The Infant Moses - Fraser C. Heston
The Blind One - John Miljan
Simon - Francis McDonald
Rameses I - Ian Keith
Eleazar - Paul De Rolf
King of Ethiopia - Woody Strode
Gershom - Tommy Duran
Rameses' Son - Eugene Mazzola
Korah - Ramsay Hill
Korah's Wife - Joan Woodbury
Princess Tharbis - Esther Brown
(as Rushti Abaza) - Rushdi Abazah
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Dorothy Adams
High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer - Eric Alden
Sheik of Hazerath - E.J. André
Little Miriam - Babette Bain
Taskmaster - Baynes Barron
Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave - Kay Bell
Guardian of the Prince / Court Woman / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Mother - Mary Benoit
Commander of the Hosts - Henry Brandon
Eleazar as an Adult - Robert Carson
Little Boy in Exodus (as Robert Clark) - Bobby Clark
Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent - Rus Conklin
Amalekite Herder - Mike Connors
Sheik of Sinai - Henry Corden
Woman of the Court - Edna Mae Cooper
Corporal - Kem Dibbs
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Maude Fealy
The Blind One's Granddaughter - Mimi Gibson
Slave - Diane Gump
Court Lady in Pool - Nancy Hale
Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer - June Jocelyn
Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor - Richard Kean
Pretty Slave Girl - Gail Kobe
Foreman - Fred Kohler Jr.
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave - Kenneth MacDonald
Chief Driver - Peter Mamakos
Tuya - Irene Martin
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman - George Melford
Architect's Assistant - John Merton
Architect's Assistant - Amena Mohamed
Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman - Paula Morgan
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent - Dorothy Neumann
Sheik of Rephidim - John Parrish
Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Rodd Redwing
Fan Bearer - Addison Richards
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Keith Richards
Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Marcoreta Starr
Lugal - Onslow Stevens
Sardinian Captain - Clint Walker
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus - Amanda Webb
Wazir - Frank Wilcox
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Jeane Wood
Taskmaster - Abdullah Abbas
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Gorgen Raymond Aghayan
Slave - Ahmed Salah Sayed Ahmed
Old Hebrew at Moses' House - Luis Alberni
Slave - Lillian Albertson
Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Barbara Aler
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Ted Allan
Drummer on Mt. Sinai - Herb Alpert
Slave - Claire Andre
Slave - Dorothy Andre
Taskmaster - Michael Ansara
Slave - Bart Antinora
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Alan Aric
Taskmaster - Joel Ashley
Dancing Girl - Maria Elena Aza
Slave - William Bagdad
Egyptian Courtesan - Vicki Bakken
Courtier - Peter Baldwin
Hebrew Girl at Rameses' Gate - Patti Ballon
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Judith Barrett
Signalman - Norman Bartold
Court Woman - Betty Bassett
Fan Bearer - Jack Baston
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Arthur Batanides
2nd Wazir - George Baxter
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Prudence Beers
Young Boy - Don Bender
Child Slave - Marc Bender
Granary Child / Child Slave - Richard Bender
Slave - Rita Bennett
Little Boy in Exodus - Steven Benson
Pharaoh's Manservant / Architect's Assistant - Dehl Berti
Sergeant - Robert Bice
Court Lady / Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Jan Bradley
Hebrew in Exodus - Harriett Brest
Slave - Cindy Brown
Girl with Doll - Linda Sue Brown
Ethiopian - Naaman Brown
Slave - Wanda Brown
Slave / Hebrew in Exodus / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Zev Bufman
Slave - Rexford Burnett
Slave - Polly Burson
Dancer - Iris Burton
Royal Physician - Herb Butterfield
Mother - Lillian Buyeff
Gershom - Age 6 - Tim Cagney
Hebrew Woman - Florine Carlan
Edomite Ambassador - Cliff Carnell
Taskmaster at Brick Pits - Larry Chance
Extra - Anna Cheselka
Jethro's Daughter - Babs Christie
Slave - Ken Christy
Nefretiri (voice) - Adalet Cimcoz
Slave / Hebrew Toward Corridor - Shari Clark
Old Hebrew Woman at Moses' House - Elizabeth Cloud-Miller
Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Fred Coby
Egyptian Soldier - Peter Coe
Slave Child - Lesley-Marie Colburn
Slave - Edward Colebrook
Slave - Zebedy Colt
Slave - John Compton
Taskmaster / Slave / Baka's Guard - Roger Creed
Courtier / Slave / Hebrew Toward Corridor - John F. Cretan
Hebrew in Exodus - Dorothy Crider
Courtier - Dean Cromer
Priestess - Kio Cuddy
Court Lady / Slave - Fairy Cunningham
Spearman - Jack Cunningham
Libyan Captain - Tony Dante
Swimmer - Jann Darlyn
Man with Bedding - Steve Darrell
Slave - Frankie Darro
Court Lady in Pool - Madelyn Darrow
Hebrew at Golden Calf - James Davies
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Terence de Marney
Frail Old Lady - Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Narrator - Cecil B. DeMille
Slave / Hebrew in Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Vera Denham
Babylonian Ambassador - John Diggs
Slave - Sophie Dimitry
Hebrew in Exodus / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Allan Douglas
Courtier - John Drexel
Palace Guard - Robert Dumas
Slave - Margie Duncan
Slave - Marjie Duncan
Slave - Edward Earle
Elder - Mohamed El Deeb
Treasury Guard - Mah Salah Eldin
Taskmaster / Palace Guard - Henry A. Escalante
Treasury Guard - Hanaf Abou Esma
First High Priest - Anthony Eustrel
Councillor - Charles Evans
Dancer - Luigi Faccuito
Slave - Matty Fain
Sergeant - Gamel Faris
Chariot Driver - Richard Farnsworth
High Official - Franklyn Farnum
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Frank Fayad
Court Lady - Tido Fedderson
Slave - Lila Finn
Servant - Jack Fleming
Hebrew Woman / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Mary Elizabeth Forbes
Slave - Eddie Foster
Slave - Mona Fouad
Nubian Slave - Vera Francis
Officer / Egyptian Captain - John Frederick
Extra - Robert Fuller
Rachel - Kathy Garver
Slave - Paul Gary
Slave - Anthony George
Slave - Leonard George
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Hal Gerard
Slave Woman with Donkey / Hebrew in Exodus - Jeanne Gerson
Old Hebrew Woman / Woman at Moses' House - Emily Getchell
Slave - Jo Gilbert
Hebrew in Dathan's Tent - Richard Gilden
Hebrew Boy at Rameses' Gate - Andy Glick
Egyptian Guard - Joe Gold
Trojan Ambassador - Gavin Gordon
Girl with Donkey - Judy Goren
Nobleman - Cliff Gould
Extra - Bernie Gozier
Palace Guard - Joe Gray
Mother - Jaclynne Greene
Slave - Maia Gregory
High Priest - Robert Griffin
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Mary Ann Griggs
Slave - Jerry Groves
Slave - Lyn Guild
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Frank Hagney
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Chuck Hamilton
Grease Woman - Kay Hammond
Young Aide - Peter Hansen
Court Lady / Cretan Lady - Charmienne Harker
Courtier - Michael Harris
Cretan Ambassador - John Hart
Slave - Maurice Hart
Slave - Jean Harvey
Royal Physician - Paul Harvey
Captain of the Guards / Officer / Captain of Trumpeters - Edmund Hashim
Slave - Mary Ann Hawkins
God (Pillar of Fire) - Donald Hayne
Court Lady - Helene Heigh
Hebrew in Dathan's Tent - Len Hendry
Courier - Bob Herron
Old Councillor - Herbert Heyes
Sergeant - Salah Higazy
Old Woman - Hallene Hill
Taskmaster / Flagman - Ed Hinton
Court Lady - Patricia Hitchcock
Slave - Madeleine Taylor Holmes
Courier - Robert Hunter
Granary Child - Patricia Iannone
God (voice) - Delos Jewkes
Court Lady - Adele Cook Johnson
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Lorna Jordon
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Eddie Kane
Court Lady in Pool - Mary Ellen Kay
Nobleman - Max Keith
Slave Boy with Pigeons / Architect's Assistant - Robert Kendall
Captain of Tintyru - Don Kent
Hebrew at Golden Calf - George Khoury
Slave - George Kilburn
Hebrew at Dathan's Tent - Glen Kilburn
Herald - Walter Woolf King
Slave - Charlott Knight
Ethiopian Witch Doctor - Mel Koontz
Courtier - Walter Kray
Old Slave Praying - Frank Lackteen
Elder of Joseph - Ethan Laidlaw
Architect's Assistant / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Harry Landers
Taskmaster - Bob LaVarre
Slave - Anthony Lawrence
Slave - Norman Leavitt
Courtier / Spearman - Michael Legend
Elderly Treader - David Leonard
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Carol LeVeque
Slave - Harry Lewis
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Frank Leyva
Slave - Ronald Lisa
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Tony Louis
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Jailer - Jerry Lucas
Officer / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Don Lynch
Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Emmett Lynn
Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Herbert Lytton
Slave - Casey MacGregor
Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Barry Macollum
Courtier / Slave - Terry MacRae
Spearman - Ralph Major
Hebrew Girl at Sphinx - Larue Malouf
Girl with Water Bag / Hebrew Girl at Crag and Corridor - Sharon Manns
Treasury Guard - Tony Marcos
Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Old Man Who Blesses Moses - Michael Mark
Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Anthony Marsh
Slave - Saul Martell
High Priest - Jack Mather
Boy - Ricky McGough
Slave - Frank McMahon
Hebrew at Dathan's Tent - Albert P. Meissner
Slave - Madge Meredith
Attendant to Trojan Ambassador / Young Father - John Milford
Court Lady - Joyce Miller
Slave - Miliza Milo
Courtier - Nico Minardos
Egyptian Guard - Gordon Mitchell
Slave - Steve Mitchell
Slave - Julie Mitchum
Slave - John Mixon
Father - Michael Moore
Slave - Pat Moran
Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Standard Bearer / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Neyle Morrow
Pit Slave - Robin Morse
Court Lady - Lorraine Moscati
Water Carrier / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Alix Nagy
Slave - Frank Nechero
Granary Child - Tom Nolan
Egyptian Guard - Ron Nyman
Slave - Inez Palange
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Jacqueline Park
Hebrew Girl at Sphinx - Eugenia Paul
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Yvonne Peattie
High Priest (voice) - Edmund Penney
Boy on Donkey Crossing Red Sea - Jon Peters
Slave - Preston Peterson
Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Greigh Phillips
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Mary Ellen Popel
Slave Carrying Load - Stanley Price
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Elizabeth Prudhomme
Extra - Vernon Rabar
Courtier / Slave - Harry Rand
Elder of Joseph - Stuart Randall
Hebrew in Exodus - Ida Ratliff
Child Slave - Marlee Sue Regen
Slave - Gloria Rhoads
Pharaoh's Daughter / Court Lady in Pool - Dawn Richard
Slave Boy / Hebrew Boy at Rameses' Gate - Kent Lewis Richland
Slave - Carlos Rivero
Little Boy in Exodus - Mel Roberts
Councillor - Stephen Roberts
Attendant - George Robotham
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Ric Roman
Officer / Hebrew in Exodus / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Victor Romito
Officer - Mickey Roth
Little Girl at Crag and Corridor - Linda Sue Rowen
Slave - James H. Russell
Amalekite - Paul Salata
Pharaoh's Court Dancer - Joan Samuels
Hebrew Girl at Sphinx - Serena Sande
Ethiopian - Archie Savage
Amalekite - Carl Saxe
Hebrew Toward Corridor / Slave - Jefferson Searles
Slave - Ister Shatta
Slave - Naomi Shaw
Old Hebrew Woman Kneading Bread at Moses' House / Hebrew in Exodus - Kathryn Sheldon
Slave - Hal Sherman
Hebrew Grandmother In Exodus - Mary Shriver
Golden Calf Bearer - Mike Sill
Overseer Watching from Door - Mickey Simpson
Slave - Marc Snow
Hebrew at Dathan's Tent - Robert St. Claire
Slave - Charles Stevens
Hebrew in Dathan's Tent - Emilie Stevens
Courtier - Robert Stevenson
Nobleman - Bob Stratton
Slave - Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Extra - Irene Tedrow
Slave - Hy Terman
Amalekite - Ken Terrell
Fan Bearer - Arthur Tookoian
Woman - Pat Tribble
Hebrew at Rameses' Gate - Patricia Turner
Spearman - Julian Upton
Slave - Connie Van
Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Robert Vaughn
Slave - Louise Volding
Little Girl - Bunny Warner
Hebrew at Golden Calf - Joan Warner
Architect / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Paul Weber
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor - Alan Wells
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf - Paul Wexler
Slave - Dan White
Nubian Slave - Loray White
Granary Child - Marilyn Winston
Officer - Harry Woods
Assyrian Ambassador - Norman Wright
Slave - Than Wyenn
Nobleman - Stephen Wyman
Slave - Guy Zanette
Slave - Fred Zendar
Rameses (voice) - Vala Önengüt