55 Days at Peking

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.

• Nicholas RayDirector
• Philip YordanScreenplay
• Bernard GordonScreenplay
• Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer

• Charlton HestonMaj. Matt Lewis
• Ava GardnerBaroness Natalie Ivanoff
• David NivenSir Arthur Robertson
• Flora RobsonDowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
• John IrelandSgt. Harry
• Harry AndrewsFather de Bearn
• Leo GennGen. Jung-Lu
• Robert HelpmannPrince Tuan
• Kurt KasznarBaron Sergei Ivanoff
• Philippe LeroyJulliard
• Paul LukasDr. Steinfeldt
• Elizabeth SellarsLady Sarah Robertson