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Ben Hur

Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet

Swords and Sandals like you’ve never seen before

Where do you start? 11 Oscars, the biggest actor of his day, cast of thousands (the chariot race alone had 15,000 extras, this is a film of epic proportions. The tale of Judah Ben-Hur whose childhood friend Messala arrives in Jerusalem to become the new Roman Governor, promptly gets Ben-Hur arrested on a trumped up charge and sends his Mum and Sis to prison. He then sends Ben-Hur to the slave galleys expecting never to hear from him again. But as in all great movies Ben-Hur turns up to take his revenge.

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• One of the most famous gaffs of all time, in the chariot race one of the Roman trumpeters is scene wearing a wrist watch.

• Whilst watching the Chariot race count the chariots, nine start, six crash with bloody effect and four manage to cross the finishing line...huh?

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