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55 Days at Peking

Movie (1963)

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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Released:	May 29th, 1963
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55 Days at Peking Main Cast

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Charlton Heston
plays Maj. Matt Lewis

Ava Gardner
plays Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

David Niven
plays Sir Arthur Robertson

Flora Robson
plays Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

John Ireland
plays Sgt. Harry

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The production was troubled almost from the beginning. It ran into financial troubles, there were conflicts among the cast, and director Nicholas Ray argued so violently with producer Samuel Bronston that he eventually walked off the set and quit the picture, and soon afterward suffered a severe heart attack. Andrew Marton and Guy Green finished directing the picture, uncredited.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): The rifle used by the US Marines in the film is a .303 Lee Enfield British rifle. The US .30-40 Krag-Jorgensen rifle would have been correct.
Michael Simon, Moustache and O.E. Hasse were offered key roles.
The film, which was shot in Spain, needed thousands of Chinese extras, and the company sent scouts throughout Spain to hire as many as they could find. The result was that many Chinese restaurants in Spain closed for the duration of the filming because the restaurant staff - often including the restaurant's owners - was hired away by the film company. The company hired so many that for several months there was scarcely a Chinese restaurant to be found open in the entire country.

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