55 Days at Peking

Plot

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 co... read more

  • Nicholas Ray

    Director

  • Bernard Gordon

    Screenplay

  • Philip Yordan

    Screenplay

  • Jack Hildyard

    Director of Photography

  • Robert Lawrence

    Editor

  • 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

  • Robert Helpmann

    Prince Tuan

  • Kurt Kasznar

    Baron Sergei Ivanoff

  • Philippe Leroy

    Julliard

  • Paul Lukas

    Dr. Steinfeldt

  • Elizabeth Sellars

    Lady Sarah Robertson

  • Massimo Serato

    Garibaldi

  • Jacques Sernas

    Maj. Bobrinski

  • Jerome Thor

    Capt. Andy Marshall

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    Smythe

  • Joseph Fürst

    Capt. Hanselman

  • Walter Gotell

    Capt. Hoffman

  • Jūzō Itami

    Col. Shiba

  • Mervyn Johns

    Clergyman

  • Alfredo Mayo

    Spanish Minister

  • Martin Miller

    Hugo Bergmann

  • Conchita Montes

    Mme Gaumaire

  • José Nieto

    Italian Minister

  • Eric Pohlmann

    Baron von Meck

  • Aram Stephan

    Gaumaire

  • Robert Urquhart

    Capt. Hanley

  • Lynne Sue Moon

    Teresa

  • Burt Kwouk

    Old Man (voice)

  • Mike Steen

    Undetermined Role (uncredited)

  • Lucy Appleby

    Martha (uncredited)

  • Félix Dafauce

    Dutch Minister (uncredited)

  • Andrea Esterhazy

    Austrian Minister (uncredited)

  • Carlos Casaravilla

    Japanese Minister (uncredited)

  • R.S.M. Brittain

    Sergeant Major (uncredited)

  • Michael Chow

    Chiang (uncredited)

  • Chow Siu-Loi

    Court Boxer (uncredited)

  • Mitchell Kowall

    US Marine (uncredited)

  • Paul Naschy

    Extra (uncredited)

  • Fernando Sancho

    Belgian Minister (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    154 minutes

    Released

    1963-05-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Samuel Bronston Productions

    Allied Artists Pictures

    Sound

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    352 days ago

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