55 Days at Peking

1963 · directed by Nicholas Ray

Rating

64/100

Hit

no

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.

55 Days at Peking (1963), directed by Nicholas Ray, rates 64/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Charlton Heston
• Ava Gardner
• David Niven
• Flora Robson
• John Ireland
• Harry Andrews
• Leo Genn
• Robert Helpmann
• Kurt Kasznar
• Philippe Leroy

Crew

• Jack Hildyard — Director of Photography
• Robert Lawrence — Editor
• Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer
• Bernard Gordon — Screenplay
• Philip Yordan — Screenplay

More from Nicholas Ray

1. In a Lonely Place (1950) — 85/100 · hit
2. The Lusty Men (1952) — 82/100 · hit
3. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — 81/100 · hit
4. Bigger Than Life (1956) — 80/100 · hit
5. Johnny Guitar (1954) — 80/100 · hit
6. They Live by Night (1949) — 78/100

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