55 Days at Peking (1963)

Director: Nicholas Ray

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.

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

Robert Helpmann

Prince Tuan

Kurt Kasznar

Baron Sergei Ivanoff

Philippe Leroy

Julliard