From My Cold, Dead Hands

Charlton Heston is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille''s epic The Ten Commandments and for his Academy Award--winning performance in the 1959 classic Ben-Hur. Throughout his long career, Heston used his cinematic status as a powerful moral force to effect social and political change. Author Emilie Raymond examines Heston''s role as a crusader for individual rights a...