The best Bible epic.

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2008)

It is a sprawling achievement that captures your attention for all three and a half hours of its running time. In my opinion, it is a little too long, but it is nonetheless a magnificent work that saved MGM Studios while taking the life of producer Sam Zimbalist. Charlton Heston is perfect as the title role and the rest of the cast holds its own. William Wyler showed here why he is deserving of being mentioned with Welles, Hitchcock and Ford as one of the best directors during the Golden Age. For such a huge undertaking, he really held it together. See it for the chariot race scene with some brutal stunts. Bravo to all involved. They did Lew Wallace (and Christ) proud.