The Ten Commandments (1956)
An epic four hour film about the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of enslaved Hebrews, and leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives from God, the Ten Commandments.
A fantastic cast - Charlton Heston (Always brilliant at playing put upon), Yul Brynner, Edward G Robinson, Vincent Price, Anne Baxter, Yvonne DeCarlo - and great visuals make the lengthy running time almost fly by.
Whilst not as stunning to look at as last weeks Cleopatra (They clearly didn't build Egypt for this one) i do find The Ten Commandments far more entertaining experience.
A sequel showing what happened to the stone tablets followed almost thirty years later, directed by Steven Spielberg.
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