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The Ten Commandments ()

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After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
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Moses - The Lawgiver - Prologue
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Rameses the Magnificent - Prologue (as Charles De Roche)
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Miriam - The Sister of Moses - Prologue
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The Wife of Pharaoh - Prologue
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The Son of Pharaoh - Prologue (as Terrence Moore)
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Aaron - Brother of Moses - Prologue
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Dathan - The Discontented - Prologue
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The Taskmaster - Prologue / Detective - Modern Story
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The Bronze Man - Prologue
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Mrs. Martha McTavish
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John McTavish - Her Son
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Dan McTavish - Her Son
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Mary Leigh
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Sally Lung - A Eurasian
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Redding - An Inspector
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The Doctor
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The Outcast
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Egyptian Calvaryman (uncredited)
Genevieve Belasco ...
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Butler (uncredited)
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Camille Carlson ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Dorothy Dale ...
Egyptian Girl (uncredited)
Cecilia de Mille ...
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Attilio Degasparis ...
Child Extra (uncredited)
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Elderly Israelite (uncredited)
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Viscount Glerawly ...
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
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Dan's Pal and Business Associate (uncredited)
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Egyptian Cavalryman (uncredited)
Kathleen O'Shee ...
Israelite Maiden (uncredited)
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Lunch Wagon Counter Man (uncredited)
Jack Padjan ...
Pharoah's Horseman (uncredited)
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
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Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Mabel Richardson ...
Israelite Woman (uncredited)
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Abe Steinberg ...
Young Boy (uncredited)
Betty Steinberg ...
Young Girl (uncredited)
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Young Girl (uncredited)

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Cecil B. DeMille ... (as Cecil B. De Mille)

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Jeanie Macpherson ... (story)

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Cecil B. DeMille ... producer (uncredited)

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Edward Falck ... (uncredited)
Karl Gutman ... (uncredited)
Hugo Riesenfeld ... (uncredited)
Milan Roder ... (uncredited)
Lazare Saminsky ... (uncredited)

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Bert Glennon ... (photographer)
J. Peverell Marley ... (photographer) (as Peverell Marley)
Archie Stout ... (photographer) (as Archibald Stout)
Fred Westerberg ... (photographer) (as J.E. Westerberg)
Ray Rennahan ... (uncredited) (color)

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Anne Bauchens ... (cutter)

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Paul Iribe

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Julia Faye ... (uncredited)
Howard Greer ... (uncredited)
Clare West ... (uncredited)

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Cullen Tate ... assistant director

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Roy Pomeroy ... special effects (uncredited)

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Jack Padjan ... stunts (uncredited)

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Edward Cronenweth ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Edward S. Curtis ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Donald Biddle Keyes ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Eugene Richee ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Gaylord Carter ... score performer

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Jesse L. Lasky ... presenter (as Jesse L. Lasky)
Roy Pomeroy ... technical director
Adolph Zukor ... presenter
Henry Hathaway ... assistant: Mr. De Mille (uncredited)
A.F. Stutzman ... trainer: horse stunts (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets, and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the Commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers that Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral. Written by Ed Stephan

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Also Known As
  • Les dix commandements (France)
  • Die zehn Gebote (Germany)
  • Los diez mandamientos (Spain)
  • Os Dez Mandamentos (Brazil)
  • Kümme käsku (Estonia)
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  • 136 min
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Budget $1,475,837 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $9,156,000

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Trivia The enormous sets of ancient Egypt have become a Hollywood legend in themselves. The "City of the Pharaohs" was constructed of wood and plaster in the Guadalupe Dunes, an 18-mile stretch of coastal sand 170 miles north of L.A. The sets featured four 35-foot-tall statues of the Pharaoh Ramses, 21 five-ton sphinxes, and city walls over 120 feet high. An army of 2,500 actors, extras, carpenters, plasterers, painters, cooks, staff, and film crew members inhabited the set for three months, housed in a virtual army camp that featured nearly 1,000 tents. (3,500 animals, used in recreating the scenes of ancient Egypt, were housed in a huge corral downwind of the camp.) When shooting wrapped, Cecil B. DeMille simply had the massive Egyptian city sets bulldozed, and buried in a huge pit beneath the sand, where they remain to this day. For years, the legendary "Lost City of DeMille" was spoken of by locals in Guadalupe who had worked on the film set. Artifacts from the Egyptian sets were found in the dunes, and can sometimes be found in local houses in the area. (DeMille even said in his autobiography, "If 1,000 years from now, archaeologists happen to dig beneath the sands of Guadalupe, I hope that they will not rush into print with the amazing news that Egyptian civilization extended all the way to the Pacific Coast of North America.") In 1983, documentary filmmaker Peter Brosnan located the remains of the DeMille sets, still buried beneath the dunes. The site is now recognized as an official archaeological site by the state of California, and it is against the law to remove artifacts from the site. Brosnan has been trying for many years to raise money from the Hollywood studios to excavate the site, but so far has been unable to do so. See more »
Goofs The type of staff used by Moses and his followers has a Star of David on the end. The Star of David didn't become a symbol of Judaism until the Middle Ages. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Forgotten Commandments (1932). See more »
Quotes Mary Leigh: I was passing by Dugan's lunch wagon when a hot dog ran out and bit me.
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