Charlton Heston
Maj. Matt Lewis
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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.
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 focuses on three main characters. Heston plays Matt Lewis, the tough-as-nails American major who takes command of a 500-man defense unit inside the diplomatic compound.
- Nicholas Ray
- Charlton Heston
During the 1899 to 1901 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis (Charlton Heston), along with British consul Sir Arthur Robertson (David Niven), develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
When Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Flora Robson) orders the Boxers, a group of Chinese secret societies, to massacre foreigners within China, a group of...
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- History, Drama
