55 Days at Peking (1963)2h34
History · War · Drama
Director Nicholas Ray (7.4 avg)
Also directed Rebel Without a Cause, In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, and 21 more
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
Ava Gardner
David Niven
Flora Robson
John Ireland
Harry Andrews
Leo Genn
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