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.
15 October 1930, Paris, France
26 May 1891, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
13 February 1916, Vienna, Austria
13 March 1914, Madrid, Spain
3 May 1903, Murcia, Murcia, Spain
8 February 1923, Paddington, London, England, UK
February 16, 1928 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA
6 May 1923, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
16 October 1921, Ullapool, Scotland, UK
18 July 1913, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
26 January 1931, London, England, UK
1912
17 May 1911, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1939, China
15 May 1933, Kyoto, Japan
7 August 1911, Galesville, Wisconsin, USA
28 March 1902, South Shields, Durham, England, UK
October 19, 1913 in Bratislava, Austria-Hungary
9 August 1905, London, England, UK
30 January 1914, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 July 1930, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
15 March 1924, Bonn, Germany
24 December 1922, Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
15 August 1938, Beijing, China
January 7, 1916 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
1954 in Westminster, London, England, UK
7 January 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
October 22, 2007
hough ponderous, the film yields plenty of thrills.
February 18, 2005
Lively but overlong adventure picture.
January 26, 2006
A magnificent failure.
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.
April 07, 2003
A jingoistic cartoon.
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.
