55 Days at Peking

A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!

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.

History War Drama

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)

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))

Alfred Lynch

(Gerald (uncredited))

John Moulder-Brown

(Tommy (uncredited))

Guillermo Vera

(El hombre del carrito (uncredited))

George Wang

(Boxer Chief (uncredited))