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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1900.
55 Days at Peking: Directed by Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton. With Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson. During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
- 1963-05-06
The foreigners and Chinese Christians in the Legation Quarter survived a 55-day siege by the Qing Army and Boxers. The siege was broken by an international military force, which marched from the coast of China, defeated the Qing Army, and occupied Peking (now known as Beijing ).
55 Days at Peking (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis. In June, 1900, legations in Peking representing 11 countries are threatened by the fanatical Boxers, a band of terrorists determined to drive the "foreign devils" out of China. Encouraged by Dowager Empress Tzü Hsi and her adviser, Prince Tuan, the Boxers move into the city and murder the German ambassador.
- Nicholas Ray
- Charlton Heston
55 Days at Peking, American war film, released in 1963, that is an epic retelling of the siege of foreign legations in Beijing (Peking) during the Boxer Rebellion. The film is set during the 1900 uprising, in which Chinese nationals sought to drive out foreigners whom they believed were undermining.
Wikipedia has an interesting article about his career. The production was troubled almost from the beginning. It ran into financial troubles, there were conflicts among the cast, and director Nicholas Ray argued so violently with producer Samuel Bronston that he eventually walked off the set and quit the picture, and soon afterward suffered a ...
