# 55 Days at Peking (1963)

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**Runtime**: 154 min
**Genres**: History, War, Drama
**Directed by**: Nicholas Ray
**Written by**: Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan
**Starring**: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a diplomat in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion and then the siege intensifies. The film leaves viewers with a sense of desperate unity.

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