Title: 55 Days at Peking
Tagline: A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
Director: Nicholas Ray
Status: Released
Release: 1963-05-06
Runtime: 154 Minutes
Plot: 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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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 -
Leo Genn
Gen. Jung-Lu -
Robert Helpmann
Prince Tuan -
Kurt Kasznar
Baron Sergei Ivanoff -
Philippe Leroy
Julliard -
Paul Lukas
Dr. Steinfeldt -
Elizabeth Sellars
Lady Sarah Robertson -
Massimo Serato
Garibaldi -
Jacques Sernas
Maj. Bobrinski -
Jerome Thor
Capt. Andy Marshall -
Geoffrey Bayldon
Smythe -
Joseph Fürst
Capt. Hanselman -
Walter Gotell
Capt. Hoffman -
Juzo Itami
Col. Shiba -
Mervyn Johns
Clergyman -
Alfredo Mayo
Spanish Minister -
Martin Miller
Hugo Bergmann -
Conchita Montes
Mme Gaumaire -
José Nieto
Italian Minister -
Eric Pohlmann
Baron von Meck -
Aram Stephan
Gaumaire -
Robert Urquhart
Capt. Hanley -
Lynne Sue Moon
Teresa -
Burt Kwouk
Old Man (voice) -
Mike Steen
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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