55 Days at Peking
1963Diplomats, 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.
Acted in
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)