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55 Days at Peking

A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!

  • Movie
  • 1963
  • NR
  • 2h 34m

Directed by Nicholas Ray

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 194 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Charlton Heston

    Charlton HestonMaj. Matt Lewis

  • Ava Gardner

    Ava GardnerBaroness Natalie Ivanoff

  • David Niven

    David NivenSir Arthur Robertson

  • Flora Robson

    Flora RobsonDowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

  • John Ireland

    John IrelandSgt. Harry

  • Harry Andrews

    Harry AndrewsFather de Bearn

  • Leo Genn

    Leo GennGen. Jung-Lu

  • Robert Helpmann

    Robert HelpmannPrince Tuan

  • Kurt Kasznar

    Kurt KasznarBaron Sergei Ivanoff

  • Philippe Leroy

    Philippe LeroyJulliard

  • Paul Lukas

    Paul LukasDr. Steinfeldt

  • Elizabeth Sellars

    Elizabeth SellarsLady Sarah Robertson

  • Massimo Serato

    Massimo SeratoGaribaldi

  • Jacques Sernas

    Jacques SernasMaj. Bobrinski

  • Jerome Thor

    Jerome ThorCapt. Andy Marshall

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    Geoffrey BayldonSmythe

  • Joseph Fürst

    Joseph FürstCapt. Hanselman

  • Walter Gotell

    Walter GotellCapt. Hoffman

Director
Nicholas Ray
Writer
Bernard Gordon and Philip Yordan
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Jack Hildyard