Ben Hur

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Classified Date:

30/10/1959

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Classified Date:

05/01/1996

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Classified Date:

09/11/1995

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Contains moderate violence

Classified Date:

12/01/1993

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Classified Date:

28/01/1988

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

MGM/UA Video Ltd

violence

There are occasional scenes of moderate violence, including a chariot race in which participants are trampled by horses or dragged through the sand, although no gory detail is shown. In the aftermath of the race, a character is seen with a bloodied face and body. There are also scenes of slavery, including sight of blood around characters' wrists and ankles from their shackles, and characters being whipped by their overseers.

additional issues: There is occasional sight of characters with physical deformities derived from leprosy.

Classified Date:

28/09/2005

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

28/09/2005

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

28/09/2005

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

07/12/2000

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

28/11/2000

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

08/01/1993

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

14/12/2000

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified date

05/01/1996
BBFC reference

CVF004333
Language

English

Director(s)

William Wyler

Production Year

1959

Approx. running minutes

213m

Cast

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Andre Morell, John Le Mesurier, Tutte Lemkow, Cliff Lyons, Aldo Silvani

Ben Hur

Director(s)

William Wyler

Production Year

1959

Approx. running minutes

213m

Cast

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Andre Morell, John Le Mesurier, Tutte Lemkow, Cliff Lyons, Aldo Silvani

Classified date

05/01/1996

BBFC reference

CVF004333

Language

English