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 ...

Boyd is famous for the chariot scene in 1950s blockbuster, Ben-Hur, when he raced alongside Charlton ... and carried the scars from that chariot race for the rest of his life.

His heroism, however, earns Ben-Hur a more privileged status and one that puts him at the center of the famed chariot race in Rome Colosseum. With its stunning pre-computer-age stunt work and the ...