55 Days at Peking
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
19632h 34m
- History
- War
- Drama
TMDB rating 6.9TMDB193 votes
Overview
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.
- Directed by
- Nicholas Ray
- Written by
- Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan
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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
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $17M
- Revenue
- $10M
- Production companies
- Samuel Bronston Productions, Allied Artists Pictures
