
55 Days at Peking
- Drama
- History
- War
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
- Written by
- Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan
Cast
- Charlton Heston
- Ava Gardner
- David Niven
- Flora Robson
- John Ireland
- Harry Andrews
- Leo Genn
- Robert Helpmann
- Kurt Kasznar
- Philippe Leroy
- Paul Lukas
- Elizabeth Sellars
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