55 Days at Peking
Release Date: 1963-05-06
Rating : 6.959/10
Duration : 154 minutes
Genres : History, War, Drama
Director : Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
Writer : Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan
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.
Cast
Charlton Heston
Ava Gardner
David Niven
Flora Robson
John Ireland
Harry Andrews