55 Days at Peking 1963 DVD - Charlton Heston / Ava Gardner

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

Cast:

Charlton Heston as Maj. Matt Lewis (based upon John Twiggs Myers)
Ava Gardner as Baroness Natasha Ivanoff
David Niven as Sir Arthur Robertson (based upon Sir Claude MacDonald)
Flora Robson as Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi
John Ireland as Sgt. Harry
Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu
Harry Andrews as Father de Bearn
Robert Helpmann as Prince Tuan
Juzo Itami as Col. Goro Shiba
Kurt Kasznar as Baron Sergei Ivanoff (based upon Mikhail Nikolayevich von Giers)
Philippe Leroy as Julliard
Paul Lukas as Dr. Steinfeldt
Lynne Sue Moon as Teresa
Elizabeth Sellars as Lady Sarah Robertson
Massimo Serato as Menotti Garibaldi
Jacques Sernas as Maj. Bobrinski
Jerome Thor as Capt. Andy Marshall
Geoffrey Bayldon as Smythe
Joseph Furst as Capt. Hanselman
Walter Gotell as Capt. Hoffman
Alfredo Mayo as Spanish Minister (based upon Bernardo Cólogan)
Martin Miller as Hugo Bergmann
José Nieto as Italian Minister (based upon Giuseppe Salvago Raggi)
Eric Pohlmann as Baron von Meck (based upon Klemens von Ketteler)
Aram Stephan as Gaumaire The French minister (based upon Stephen Pichon)
Robert Urquhart as Capt. Hanley
Burt Kwouk as Old Man (voice)

Runtime: 153 Minutes