Charlton Heston's stuntman on the Ben Hur chariot raceCharlton Heston's stuntman on the Ben Hur chariot race ...

The highlight of the film's 212 minutes is its now-legendary chariot race, staged largely by stunt expert Yakima Canutt. Ben-Hur's Oscar haul included Best Picture, Best Director for the legendary ...

Like the Heston movie, the latest adaptation of the Lew Wallace novel, out August 19, hinges on a thrilling chariot race in which Ben-Hur (played in the latest film by Jack Huston) battles the ...

Before you see the new version, here are the behind-the-scenes ... in "Ben-Hur," including 1,500 on any day that the chariot sequence needed a crowd in the stadium grandstands. For the race ...