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55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 6, 1963

Runtime

2h 34m

Genres

History, War, Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

55 Days at Peking

Production Companies

Samuel Bronston Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Director

Nicholas Ray

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$10,000,000

Description

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.