55 Days at Peking

Name: 55 Days at Peking
Director: Nicholas Ray
Released: 1963-05-06

1963 · 2h 34m

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Directed by Nicholas Ray

Synopsis

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.

Awards

36th Academy Awards· 1964

Music (Original Score)Dimitri Tiomkin
Music (Original Song)55 Days at Peking — Paul Francis Webster

Details

Released: 6 May 1963
Runtime: 2h 34m
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $10,000,000
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Production: Samuel Bronston Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

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Cast

Charlton Heston
Ava Gardner
David Niven
Flora Robson
John Ireland
Harry Andrews
Leo Genn
Robert Helpmann
Kurt Kasznar
Philippe Leroy