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55 Days At Peking
This historical epic dramatizes the Battle of Peking, a turning point of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900 when U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis, aided by British Consul Sir Arthur Robertson, devises a strategy to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force arrives.
13 August 1913, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
6 May 1923, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
26 May 1891, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
9 August 1905, London, England, UK
30 July 1925, Kaunas, Lithuania
16 October 1921, Ullapool, Scotland, UK
September 6, 1934 in Madrid, Spain
15 October 1930, Paris, France
June 3, 1953 in London, England, UK
17 May 1911, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
28 March 1902, South Shields, Durham, England, UK
7 January 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
13 February 1916, Vienna, Austria
2 September 1899, Kremsier, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Kromeriz, Czech Republic]
18 February 1899, Pembroke, Wales, UK
26 January 1931, London, England, UK
November 12, 1918 in Dandong, Liaoning, China
5 January 1915, Brooklyn, New York, USA
February 16, 1928 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA
4 October 1923, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
7 August 1911, Galesville, Wisconsin, USA
1954 in Westminster, London, England, UK
30 January 1914, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
October 22, 2007
hough ponderous, the film yields plenty of thrills.
October 22, 2007
Jack Hildyard's photography is excellent, particularly in getting on the big screen the savage attack scenes which take up the major part of the picture.
February 18, 2005
Lively but overlong adventure picture.
April 07, 2003
A jingoistic cartoon.
January 01, 2000
Nicholas Ray's last commercial film and second blockbuster for Samuel Bronston (after King of Kings) effectively ended his career as a Hollywood director, and the unwieldiness of this spectacular... helps in part to explain why.
January 26, 2006
A magnificent failure.
