55 Days at Peking

Name: 55 Days at Peking
Rating: 6.9

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

NR History War Drama

Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland

Writer: Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon

Release Date:
May 6, 1963

Ratings:
6.9 / 10

Director:
Nicholas Ray

Companies:
Samuel Bronston Productions

Overview

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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