55 Days at Peking

• 7.0
• 1963-05-06
• 154 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Nicholas Ray

Writer:

Bernard Gordon Philip Yordan