55 Days at Peking (1963)
Directed by Nicholas Ray
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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What critics compared 55 Days at Peking to
Of course, there were plenty of mediocre pictures that got roadshow treatment in the glory days—for every “Lawrence of Arabia” there was a “55 Days at Peking” (or virtually any other Samuel Bronston production), and for every “Sound of Music” or “My Fair Lady” there was a “Paint Your Wagon” or “Star.”