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55 Days at Peking. 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. It was produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip ...
- $10 million
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- May 29, 1963
- Samuel Bronston
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.
- Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
- 66
- 3 min
The siege of the International Legations occurred in 1900 in Peking, the capital of the Qing Empire, during the Boxer Rebellion and led to the deaths of approximately 2500 Chinese people by western soldiers. [citation needed] Threatened by the Boxers—an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement—900 soldiers, sailors, marines, and ...
- June 20 – August 14, 1900, (55 days)
- Allied victory
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The political situation is tension-filled with the Boxers having the tacit approval of Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Dame Flora Robson). When the Boxers attack the foreigners, Major Lewis, working with the senior officer from the British Embassy, Sir Arthur Robertson (David Niven), tries to keep them at bay pending the arrival of a relief force ...
55 Days at Peking. This historical epic dramatizes the Battle of Peking, a turning point of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. When Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Flora Robson) orders the Boxers, a ...
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- Charlton Heston
- Nicholas Ray
- Allied Artists
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. Sets featured in 55 Days at Peking (1963), directed by Nicholas Ray. The film is set during the 1900 uprising, in which Chinese nationals sought to drive out foreigners whom they ...
55 Days At Peking (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Clever Women In a Peking (a.k.a. Beijing) hotel after a long mission, American Marine Major Lewis (Charlton Heston) meets sly Russian baroness Natalie (Ava Gardner) who needs a room, in producer Samuel Bronston's 55 Days At Peking, 1963.
