55 Days at Peking
Released
May 6, 1963
Runtime: 2h 34m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
Joseph Fürst
Capt. Hanselman
Walter Gotell
Capt. Hoffman
Nicholas Ray
Director
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Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Media
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