55 Days at Peking

A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!

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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.

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Creators

Nicholas Ray

director

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Bernard Gordon

writer

Philip Yordan

writer

Cast

Charlton Heston actor Ava Gardner actor David Niven actor Flora Robson actor John Ireland actor Harry Andrews actor

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Leo Genn actor

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Robert Helpmann actor Kurt Kasznar actor Philippe Leroy actor

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Paul Lukas actor

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Elizabeth Sellars actor Massimo Serato actor Jacques Sernas actor

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Jerome Thor actor Geoffrey Bayldon actor

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Joseph Furst actor Walter Gotell actor

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Jūzō Itami actor Mervyn Johns actor