55 Days at Peking (1963)
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
154 min
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.
- Release date
- May 6, 1963
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Box office
- $10,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Maj. Matt Lewis
- Ava Gardner as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
- David Niven as Sir Arthur Robertson
- Flora Robson as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
- John Ireland as Sgt. Harry
- Harry Andrews as Father de Bearn
- Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu
- Robert Helpmann as Prince Tuan
- Kurt Kasznar as Baron Sergei Ivanoff
- Philippe Leroy as Julliard
Crew
- Nicholas Ray · Director
- Robert Hamer · Writer
- Philip Yordan · Writer
- Bernard Gordon · Writer
- Samuel Bronston · Producer
- Dimitri Tiomkin · Composer
- Jack Hildyard · Cinematographer
- Robert Lawrence · Editor
- Maude Spector · Casting director
- Veniero Colasanti · Production designer
- John Moore · Production designer