55 Days at Peking
“A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!”
19632h 34mHistory · War · Drama
Released
May 6, 1963
TMDB Score
69% match · 193 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
DirectorNicholas Ray
- Released
- May 6, 1963
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Studios
- Samuel Bronston Productions, Allied Artists Pictures
Top Billed Cast
Charlton Heston
Maj. Matt Lewis
Ava Gardner
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
David Niven
Sir Arthur Robertson
Flora Robson
Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
John Ireland
Sgt. Harry
Harry Andrews
Father de Bearn
Leo Genn
Gen. Jung-Lu
Robert Helpmann
Prince Tuan
Kurt Kasznar
Baron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe Leroy
Julliard
Paul Lukas
Dr. Steinfeldt
Elizabeth Sellars
Lady Sarah Robertson
Massimo Serato
Garibaldi
Jacques Sernas
Maj. Bobrinski
Jerome Thor
Capt. Andy Marshall
Geoffrey Bayldon
Smythe
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