55 Days at Peking

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

Streaming TBA

Top of the call sheet

• 
  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

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