"The Ten Commandments" quotes

Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Writer: Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham, A.E. Southon
Production: N/A
Year: 1956
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.9
BoxOffice: $65,500,000
Released: 05 Oct 1956
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 12 nominations total
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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