55 Days at Peking 1963
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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.
- Released: 1963-05-06
- Runtime: 154 minutes
- Genre: History, War, Drama
- Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland
- Director: Maude Spector, Samuel Bronston, Bernard Gordon, Dimitri Tiomkin, Jack Hildyard
