55 Days at Peking

Name: 55 Days at Peking
Director: Nicholas Ray
Genre: History, War, Drama
Released: 1963-05-06
Duration: 154 min
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland

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1963 · 154 min · NR · History · War · Drama · TMDB 6.9/10

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.

Directed by Nicholas Ray

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