55 Days at Peking

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

History,

War,

Drama

Duration:

154 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Nicholas Ray

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Company:

Samuel Bronston Productions,

Allied Artists Pictures

Budget:

$17,000,000

Revenue:

$10,000,000

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

Crew:
Veniero Colasanti

Production Design

Nicholas Ray

Director

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Maude Spector

Casting

Robert Lawrence

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