Movie

55 Days at Peking

★ 6.9/10 · 190 votes 1963 2h 34m Released

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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 Maj. Matt Lewis Ava Gardner Baroness Natalie Ivanoff David Niven Sir Arthur Robertson Flora Robson Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi John Ireland Sgt. Harry Harry Andrews Father de Bearn