55 Days at Peking
1963/05/06 (US) | History, War, Drama
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
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.
Bernard Gordon
Screenplay
Nicholas Ray
Director
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Guy Green
Director
Andrew Marton
Director
Lead 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
Harry Andrews
Father de Bearn
Leo Genn
Gen. Jung-Lu
Budget
$ 17,000,000
Revenue
$ 10,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Samuel Bronston Productions
- Allied Artists Pictures
Crews
Maude Spector
Casting
Samuel Bronston
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design