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The Ten Commandments

1956 • G • 3h 40m • Adventure, Drama, Family • Paramount Pictures

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🍅 82% 87% LB 3.86 IMDb 7.9

The Ten Commandments Box Office

Domestic Total
$85.4M
Final
Budget$13.5M
1956 Rank#1
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Cast & Crew

Directed byCecil B. DeMille
ScreenplayÆneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank
Produced byCecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Music byElmer Bernstein
StarringCharlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo
StudioParamount Pictures

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