55 Days at Peking

1963 "A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!"

55 Days at Peking

6.7 | 2h34m | NR | en | Drama

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.

6.7 | 2h34m | NR | en | Drama , History , War

Synopsis

Cast

Charlton Heston , Ava Gardner , David Niven

Director

Veniero Colasanti

Producted By

Allied Artists Pictures , Samuel Bronston Productions

Trailers

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Maj. Matt Lewis

[2019] Hail Satan? [2010] Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff [2005] Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema [2003] Christmas in Hollywood [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath [2003] Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho [2002] Bowling for Columbine

Ava Gardner

as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

[2019] Hollywood : la vie rêvée de Lana Turner [2002] The Kid Stays in the Picture [1998] Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century [1986] Harem [1985] The Long Hot Summer [1982] Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [1981] Priest of Love [1979] City on Fire [1977] The Sentinel

David Niven

as Sir Arthur Robertson

[1983] Better Late Than Never [1983] Curse of the Pink Panther [1982] Trail of the Pink Panther [1981] The Sea Wolves [1980] Rough Cut [1980] A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square [1979] Escape to Athena [1978] Death on the Nile [1977] Candleshoe