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55 Days at Peking - subtitles like script. 55 Days at Peking (1963) - full transcript. Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
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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
- 3 min
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The screenplay for 55 Days at Peking came from Bernard Gordon, whose credits included such unhistorical fare as Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and The Day of the Triffids (1962), and the remarkable Philip Yordan, a victim of the Hollywood blacklist who had penned such minor classics as The Man from Laramie (1955) and The Harder They Fall ...
- Nicholas Ray
- Charlton Heston
Language: English. SYNOPSIS. In June, 1900, delegations 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.
55 Days at Peking is directed by Nicholas Ray and Andrew Marton and collectively written by Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon, Robert Hamer and Ben Barzman. It stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven and Flora Robson.
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.
