55 Days at Peking
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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design
Nicholas Ray
Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Maude Spector
Casting
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Michał Waszyński
Producer
Samuel Bronston
Producer
John Moore
Production Design
Guy Green
Co-Director
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