55 Days at Peking (1963)
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
Synopsis
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
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Charlton Heston
as Maj. Matt Lewis
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Ava Gardner
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
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David Niven
as Sir Arthur Robertson
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Flora Robson
as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
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John Ireland
as Sgt. Harry
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Harry Andrews
as Father de Bearn
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Leo Genn
as Gen. Jung-Lu
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Robert Helpmann
as Prince Tuan
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Kurt Kasznar
as Baron Sergei Ivanoff
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Philippe Leroy
as Julliard
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Paul Lukas
as Dr. Steinfeldt
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Elizabeth Sellars
as Lady Sarah Robertson
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Massimo Serato
as Garibaldi
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Jacques Sernas
as Maj. Bobrinski
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Jerome Thor
as Capt. Andy Marshall
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Geoffrey Bayldon
as Smythe
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Joseph Fürst
as Capt. Hanselman
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Walter Gotell
as Capt. Hoffman
Crew
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Nicholas Ray
Director
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Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
- Robert Lawrence Editor
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Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
- Samuel Bronston Producer
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Michał Waszyński
Producer
- Alan Brown Producer
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Philip Yordan
Screenplay
- Bernard Gordon Screenplay
