Charlton HestonMaj. Matt LewisSavaraTV movie
55 Days at Peking
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
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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Starring
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
About
55 Days at Peking
HistoryWarDrama
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.
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
Information
- Released
- May 6, 1963
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- NR
- Directed by
- Nicholas Ray
Production
- Studio
- Samuel Bronston Productions
- Studio
- Allied Artists Pictures
Cast
People in this story
Charlton HestonMaj. Matt Lewis
Ava GardnerBaroness Natalie Ivanoff
David NivenSir Arthur Robertson
Flora RobsonDowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
John IrelandSgt. Harry
Harry AndrewsFather de Bearn
Leo GennGen. Jung-Lu
Robert HelpmannPrince Tuan
Kurt KasznarBaron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe LeroyJulliard
Paul LukasDr. Steinfeldt
Elizabeth SellarsLady Sarah RobertsonMetadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.