Jannes — The Ten Commandments Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Douglass Dumbrille

Appears in

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Role

Minor

Relationships (1)

• Jannes — Conflict Miracle Contestants — Moses (Charlton Heston)

  Their contest publicly contrasts Moses's divine authority with Egyptian ritual power.

  Jannes copies Moses's staff-to-cobra trick, but Moses's snake swallows the snake produced by Jannes's staves.

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