55 Days at Peking
2018
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Charlton Heston stars as Maj. Matt Lewis, the leader of an army of multinational soldiers who head to Peking during the infamous Boxer Rebellion of 1900. As the film unfolds, the foreign embassies in Peking are being held in a grip of terror as the Boxers set about massacring Christians in an anti-Christian nationalistic fever. Inside the besieged compound, the finicky British ambassador (David Niven) gathers the beleaguered ambassadors into a defensive formation. Included in the group of high-level dignitaries is a sultry Russian Baroness (Ava Gardner) who takes a shine to Lewis upon his arrival at the embassy compound with his group of soldiers. As Lewis and the group conserve food and water and try to save some hungry children, they await the arrival of expected reinforcements, but the tricky Chinese Empress Tzu Hsi (Flora Robson) is, in the meantime, plotting with the Boxers to break the siege at the compound with the aid of Chinese recruits.
Main title:
55 Days at Peking / director, Nicholas Ray
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Imprint:
Screenbound, 2018.
Collation:
1 DVD (147 min) : Dolby Digital.
Notes:
Originally released: 1963
Credits:
Director, Nicholas Ray; Producer, Samuel Bronston.
Performers:
Cast, Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Harry Andrews, Paul Lukas, John Ireland, Elizabeth Sellars.
Audience:
(PG): Parental Guidance.
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
English
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BRN:
610261
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