55 Days at Peking
1963 · Movie · 154 min. · United States
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.
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast Charlton Heston · Ava Gardner · David Niven · Robert Helpmann · Flora Robson · Leo Genn · John Ireland · Kurt Kasznar · Paul Lukas · Harry Andrews · Massimo Serato · Philippe Leroy · Elizabeth Sellars · Jacques Sernas · Walter Gotell · Eric Pohlmann · Alfredo Mayo · Jerome Thor · José Nieto
Soundtrack Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay Philip Yordan · Bernard Gordon
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Original title 55 Days at Peking
7.0
15K votes (FilmAffinity)
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