55 Days at Peking

7.0
Produced by:
Genres:
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Overview
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.
Review (1)
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
It is tempting just to look upon this as an imperialist (Western, not Chinese) costume drama with fireworks. I think, however, it does merit a little more credit than that. Samuel Bronston pulls together quite a cast as Hollywood (via Madrid and Valencia) gives us it's version of the failed/foiled B...
Recommendation & Similar
Picnic (1955)
Legend of the Lost (1957)
Gambit (1966)
Easy Street (1917)
100 Rifles (1969)
Circus World (1964)
Comme par magie (2023)
Mogambo (1953)
11:55 (2017)
The Black Pirate (1926)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Gunfighter's Moon (1997)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Noel (2004)
Joe Kidd (1972)
Aprile (1998)
The Closet (2001)
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)