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55 Days at Peking

7.0 154 mins History   War   Drama   1963
Samuel Bronston Productions   Allied Artists Pictures  
Director(s): Nicholas Ray Guy Green Andrew Marton

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.

Casts of 55 Days at Peking

Charlton Heston

as Maj. Matt Lewis

Ava Gardner

as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

David Niven

as Sir Arthur Robertson

Flora Robson

as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

John Ireland

as Sgt. Harry

Harry Andrews

as Father de Bearn

Leo Genn

as Gen. Jung-Lu

Robert Helpmann

as Prince Tuan

Kurt Kasznar

as Baron Sergei Ivanoff

Philippe Leroy

as Julliard

Paul Lukas

as Dr. Steinfeldt

Elizabeth Sellars

as Lady Sarah Robertson

Massimo Serato

as Garibaldi

Jacques Sernas

as Maj. Bobrinski

Jerome Thor

as Capt. Andy Marshall

Geoffrey Bayldon

as Smythe

Joseph Fürst

as Capt. Hanselman

Walter Gotell

as Capt. Hoffman

Jūzō Itami

as Col. Shiba

Mervyn Johns

as Clergyman

Alfredo Mayo

as Spanish Minister

Martin Miller

as Hugo Bergmann

Conchita Montes

as Mme Gaumaire

José Nieto

as Italian Minister

Eric Pohlmann

as Baron von Meck

Aram Stephan

as Gaumaire

Robert Urquhart

as Capt. Hanley

Lynne Sue Moon

as Teresa

Burt Kwouk

as Old Man (voice)

Mike Steen

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Lucy Appleby

as Martha (uncredited)

Félix Dafauce

as Dutch Minister (uncredited)

Andrea Esterhazy

as Austrian Minister (uncredited)

Carlos Casaravilla

as Japanese Minister (uncredited)

R.S.M. Brittain

as Sergeant Major (uncredited)

Michael Chow

as Chiang (uncredited)

Chow Siu-Loi

as Court Boxer (uncredited)

Mitchell Kowall

as US Marine (uncredited)

Paul Naschy

as Extra (uncredited)

Fernando Sancho

as Belgian Minister (uncredited)

Lucille Soong

as Concubine (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

as Spanish Minister (voice) (uncredited)

Milton Reid

as Boxer (uncredited)

Nicholas Ray

as US Minister (uncredited)

Alfred Lynch

as Gerald (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown

as Tommy (uncredited)

Guillermo Vera

as El hombre del carrito (uncredited)

George Wang

as Boxer Chief (uncredited)

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