55 Days at Peking (1963)
May 6, 1963Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

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

Robert Hamer
Writer

Massimo Serato
Garibaldi

Jacques Sernas
Maj. Bobrinski

Jerome Thor
Capt. Andy Marshall

Geoffrey Bayldon
Smythe

Joseph Fürst
Capt. Hanselman

Walter Gotell
Capt. Hoffman

Jūzō 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

Burt Kwouk
Old Man (voice)

Mike Steen
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Lucy Appleby
Martha (uncredited)

Félix Dafauce
Dutch Minister (uncredited)

Andrea Esterhazy
Austrian Minister (uncredited)

Carlos Casaravilla
Japanese Minister (uncredited)

R.S.M. Brittain
Sergeant Major (uncredited)

Michael Chow
Chiang (uncredited)

Chow Siu-Loi
Court Boxer (uncredited)

Mitchell Kowall
US Marine (uncredited)

Paul Naschy
Extra (uncredited)

Fernando Sancho
Belgian Minister (uncredited)

Lucille Soong
Concubine (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
Spanish Minister (voice) (uncredited)

Milton Reid
Boxer (uncredited)

Nicholas Ray
US Minister (uncredited) / Director

Alfred Lynch
Gerald (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown
Tommy (uncredited)

Guillermo Vera
El hombre del carrito (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateMay 6, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 34m
Content RatingNR
Budget$17,000,000
Box Office$10,000,000
Filming LocationsLas Rozas de Madrid, Spain
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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1900. It was produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Bernard Gordon, and with uncredited contributions from Robert Hamer, Julian Halevy, and Ben Barzman. Noel Gerson wrote a screenplay novelization in 1963 under the pseudonym "Samuel Edwards".
The film was directed primarily by Nicholas Ray, although Guy Green and Andrew Marton assumed leadership in the latter stages of filming after Ray had fallen ill. Both men were uncredited. It stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, and David Niven, with supporting roles by Flora Robson, John Ireland, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Harry Andrews, and Kurt Kasznar. It also contains the first known screen appearance of future martial arts film star Yuen Siu Tien. Japanese film director Juzo Itami, credited in the film as "Ichizo Itami", appears as Col. Goro Shiba.
55 Days at Peking was released by Allied Artists on May 29, 1963 and received mixed reviews, mainly for its historical inaccuracies and lack of character development. However, the film was praised for its acting, direction, music, action sequences, and production design. In addition to its mixed critical reviews, the film grossed only $10 million at the box office against a budget of $10 million. Despite this, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was director Ray's last film until Lightning Over Water (1980).
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