Summary
55 Days at Peking is an American war film first released in 1963,
directed by Nicholas Ray, Guy Green and Andrew Marton.
The film stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson and John Ireland.
It has also been released under the title: Fifty Five Days at Peking.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
- Script: Ben Barzman, Bernard Gordon, Robert Hamer, Philip Yordan
- Photo: Jack Hildyard
- Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
- Cast: Charlton Heston (Maj. Matt Lewis), Ava Gardner (Baroness Natalie Ivanoff), David Niven (Sir Arthur Robertson), Flora Robson (Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi), John Ireland (Sgt. Harry), Harry Andrews (Father de Bearn), Leo Genn (Gen. Jung-Lu), Robert Helpmann (Prince Tuan), Kurt Kasznar (Baron Sergei Ivanoff), Philippe Leroy (Julliard), Paul Lukas (Dr. Steinfeldt), Elizabeth Sellars (Lady Sarah Robertson), Massimo Serato (Garibaldi), Jacques Sernas (Maj. Bobrinski), Jerome Thor (Capt. Andy Marshall), Geoffrey Bayldon (Smythe), Joseph Fürst (Capt. Hanselman), Walter Gotell (Capt. Hoffman), Juzo Itami (Col. Shiba), Mervyn Johns (Clergyman), Alfredo Mayo (Spanish Minister), Martin Miller (Hugo Bergmann), Conchita Montes (Mme Gaumaire), José Nieto (Italian Minister), Eric Pohlmann (Baron von Meck), Aram Stephan (Gaumaire), Robert Urquhart (Capt. Hanley), Lynne Sue Moon (Teresa), Lucy Appleby (Martha), Carlos Casaravilla (Japanese Minister), Michael Chow (Chiang), Félix Dafauce (Dutch Minister), Andrea Esterhazy (Austrian Minister), Mitchell Kowall (US Marine), Alfred Lynch (Gerald), John Moulder-Brown, Enzo Musumeci Greco, Nicholas Ray (US Minister), Fernando Sancho (Belgian Minister), George Wang (Boxer Chief), R.S.M. Brittain (Sergeant Major), Siu Loi Chow (Court Boxer), Andy Ho, Dong Kingman, Ching Liang Kwan (Court Boxer), Soong Ling, Paul Naschy (Extra), Milton Reid (Boxer), Lucille Soong (Concubine), Mike Steen (Undetermined Role), Kenji Takaki, John A. Tinn, Guillermo Vera (El hombre del carrito), Stephen Young, Siu Tien Yuen (Court Boxer)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 154 min
- Aka: Fifty Five Days at Peking
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