[The suffix""een""denotes little and is often used affectionately.]They ride under a train bridge after the train pulls out of the station - the 20th century vehicle passes over them as hey enter the lush green countryside of Sean""s past life.The film""s poster tagline ook advantage of that fact in its splashy advertisements:Nobody""s as good as Bette when she""s bad!The film had troubles from its inception when the Breen Production Code censors warned that Warner Bros.In the uplifting dramatic moment, Ben-Hur is protected from harm from the dumbstruck Roman guard.Ben-Hur gains fortitude and strength from the encounter.Over three years later, Ben-Hur has toughened, surviving he galley slave ordeal so far.He is one of over 200 galley slaves shackled to an oar in a Roman galley flagship.A new Roman officer Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) arrives on board to take command.Below deck, Arrius surveys the health and condition of the slaves, and he speaks to Ben-Hur, identified as condemned galley slave number Forty-One.Wilder went on to star and collaborate with he director in two other extremely popular Brooks films:Blazing Saddles (1974)andYoung Frankenstein (1974).