Movie: Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Top 10 Billed Cast

Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer

Narrator

Rudy Behlmer
Rudy Behlmer

Self - Film Historian

Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Self - Author

J.J. Cohn
J.J. Cohn

Self - MGM Executive

William Wyler
William Wyler

Self - Director (archive footage)

Catherine Wyler
Catherine Wyler

Self

Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters

Self - Editor

Edward Carfagno Jr.
Edward Carfagno Jr.

Self

Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund

Self - Special Effects Director

David Raksin
David Raksin

Self - Composer

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