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Director

Nicholas Ray

Screenplay

Bernard Gordon
Philip Yordan

55 Days at Peking 1963

History/ War/ Drama/

BUDGET - $17,000,000

Status - Released

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

Overview

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.