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The Ten CommandmentsFollow

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

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🍅 82% 87% LB 3.86 IMDb 7.9

Box office summary

Domestic total
$85.40M
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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