55 Days at Peking

Name: 55 Days at Peking
Director: Nicholas Ray
Genre: Action, History, Drama
Released: 1963-05-06
Duration: 2 h 34 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland

6.7 ·1963 ·2h 34m ·Movie

Action History 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.