Rent 55 Days at Peking (1963)
3.4 of 5 from 65 ratings
2h 46min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- A sweeping story of loyalty and love; as a small group of foreigners are trapped inside the Forbidden City of Peking, under siege by thousands of Chinese fanatics. The courage and leadership of a US Marine (Charlton Heston) and the British Ambassador (David Niven) are the only hope against unsurmountable odds, while a beautiful Russian Countess (Ava Gardner) must choose between freedom and commitment.
- Actors:
- Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Kurt Kasznar, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Paul Lukas, Elizabeth Sellars, Massimo Serato, Jacques Sernas, Jerome Thor, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joseph Fürst, Walter Gotell, Jûzô Itami, Mervyn Johns
- Directors:
- Nicholas Ray, Guy Green
- Producers:
- Samuel Bronston
- Voiced By:
- Burt Kwouk, Robert Rietty
- Writers:
- Robert Hamer, Philip Yordan
- Others:
- Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin
- Studio:
- Anchor Bay
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/04/2014
- Run Time:
- 166 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
