55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
Release: 1963-05-06
·Runtime: 154m
·★ 7.0
History
War
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Bronston Productions
Allied Artists Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Mike Steen
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Lucille Soong
as Concubine (uncredited)
Nicholas Ray
as US Minister (uncredited)
Robert Urquhart
as Capt. Hanley
David Niven
as Sir Arthur Robertson
John Ireland
as Sgt. Harry
Harry Andrews
as Father de Bearn
Eric Pohlmann
as Baron von Meck
Charlton Heston
as Maj. Matt Lewis
Robert Helpmann
as Prince Tuan
Aram Stephan
as Gaumaire
Michael Chow
as Chiang (uncredited)
Kurt Kasznar
as Baron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe Leroy
as Julliard
Jerome Thor
as Capt. Andy Marshall
Mervyn Johns
as Clergyman
Conchita Montes
as Mme Gaumaire
Chow Siu-Loi
as Court Boxer (uncredited)
Paul Naschy
as Extra (uncredited)
Flora Robson
as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
Massimo Serato
as Garibaldi
Joseph Fürst
as Capt. Hanselman
Lucy Appleby
as Martha (uncredited)
Félix Dafauce
as Dutch Minister (uncredited)
Mitchell Kowall
as US Marine (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
as Tommy (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
Leo Genn
as Gen. Jung-Lu
Martin Miller
as Hugo Bergmann
José Nieto
as Italian Minister
Burt Kwouk
as Old Man (voice)
Fernando Sancho
as Belgian Minister (uncredited)
Paul Lukas
as Dr. Steinfeldt
Elizabeth Sellars
as Lady Sarah Robertson
Jacques Sernas
as Maj. Bobrinski
Alfredo Mayo
as Spanish Minister
Lynne Sue Moon
as Teresa
Carlos Casaravilla
as Japanese Minister (uncredited)
Milton Reid
as Boxer (uncredited)
Geoffrey Bayldon
as Smythe
Walter Gotell
as Capt. Hoffman
Jūzō Itami
as Col. Shiba
Robert Rietti
as Spanish Minister (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Lynch
as Gerald (uncredited)
George Wang
as Boxer Chief (uncredited)
Crew
Michał Waszyński
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Jesús Franco
Assistant Production Manager
C.O. Erickson
Production Manager
Andrew Marton
Director
Nicholas Ray
Director
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Guy Green
Co-Director, Director
Noël Howard
Second Unit Director