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55 Days at Peking
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bl...
Action, Adventure, Drama - 1963
6.8
57%
N/A
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.
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Details

Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
154 min
Release date:
6 May 1963
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$17,000,000
Revenue:
$10,000,000
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Jack Hildyard's photography is excellent, particularly in getting on the big screen the savage attack scenes which take up the major part of the picture.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
22 Oct 2007
rotten:
Nicholas Ray's last commercial film and second blockbuster for Samuel Bronston (after King of Kings) effectively ended his career as a Hollywood director, and the unwieldiness of this spectacular... helps in part to explain why.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A magnificent failure.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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