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55 Days at Peking

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

1963 · NR · 2h 34m

Directed by Nicholas Ray

6.9

TMDB audience score
194 votes, out of 10

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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

  • 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