55 Days at Peking (1963)
55 Days at Peking (1963) - History Movies 154 minutes. Fifty Five Days at Peking, Les 55 Jours de Pékin. 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. epic, siege, beijing, china, 1900s, boxer rebellion
Released: May 06, 1963
Runtime: 154 minutes
Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews
Crew: Veniero Colasanti (Production Design), Nicholas Ray (Director), Dimitri Tiomkin (Original Music Composer), Maude Spector (Casting), Robert Lawrence (Editor), Bernard Gordon (Screenplay)
