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