55 Days at Peking
Drama about the Boxer Rebellion in Peking in the year 1900.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Major Matt Lewis Charlton Heston
- Sir Arthur Robertson David Niven
- Baroness Natalie Ivanoff Ava Gardner
- Prince Tuan Robert Helpmann
- Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi Flora Robson
- General Jung-Lu Leo Genn
- Sgt. Harry John Ireland
- Baron Sergei Ivanoff Kurt Kasznar
- Dr. Steinfeldt Paul Lukas
- Father de Bearn Harry Andrews
- Lady Sarah Robertson Elizabeth Sellars
- Teresa Lynn Sue Moon
- Lt. Andy Marshall Jerome Thor
- Major Bobrinski Jacques Sernas
- Col. Shiba Juzo Itami
- Capt. Hanselman Joseph Furst
- Capt. Hoffman Walter Gotell
- Capt. John Hanley Robert Urquhart
- Julliard Philippe Leroy
- Smythe Geoffrey Bayldon
- Garibaldi Massimo Serato
- Reverend Michaelson Mervyn Johns
- Hugo Bergmann Martin Miller
- Baron von Meck Eric Pohlmann
- Spanish minister Alfredo Mayo
- Mme. Gaumaire Conchita Montes
- Gaumaire Aram Stepham
- Italian minister José Nieto
- [wounded British soldier] Alfred Lynch
- [Sgt. Britten] R.S.M. Brittain
- [Chiang] Michael Chow
- [Maxwell, the American minister] Nicholas Ray
- [Chinese boxer] Milton Reid
- [voice of old man] Burt Kwouk
- [Austrian minister] Andrea Esterhazy
- [Belgian minister] Fernando Sancho
- [Japanese minister] Carlos Casaravilla
- [Dutch minister] Félix Dafauce
- [US marine] Mitchell Kowal
- [soldier] Rod Dana
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Nicholas Ray
- Director 2nd Unit Operations Andrew Marton
- 2nd Unit Director Noël Howard
- Assistant Director 1st Unit José López Rodero
- Assistant Director 2nd Unit José María Ochoa
- Continuity Lucie Lichtig
Production
- ©/Production Company Samuel Bronston Productions
- Produced by Samuel Bronston
- Executive Associate Producer Michal Waszynski
- Associate Producer Alan Brown
- Executive Production Manager C.O. Erickson
- Filmed in Bronston Studios
Casting
- Casting Maude Spector
Writing
- Screenplay by Philip Yordan
- Screenplay by Bernard Gordon
- Additional Dialogue Robert Hamer
Photography
- Director of Photography Jack Hildyard
- 2nd Unit Cameraman Manuel Berenguer
- Supervising Electrician Bruno Pasqualini
- Supervising Technician Carl Gibson
Stills
- [Stills] Gomez Grau
- [Stills] Antonio Luengo
Special Effects
- Special Effects Alex Weldon
Editing
- Film Editor Robert Lawrence
- Assistant to the Editor Magdalena Paradell
Design
- Production Design John Moore
- Production Design Veniero Colasanti
- [Production Design Associate] Miguel Chang
- Set Decoration John Moore
- Set Decoration Veniero Colasanti
- Master of Properties Stanley Detlie
Costumes
- Costume Design John Moore
- Costume Design Veniero Colasanti
- Head of Wardrobe Gloria Mussetta
Make-up
- Make-up Mario Van Riel
- Hairdressing Grazia De Rossi
- Miss Gardner's Hair Styles by Alexandre De Paris
Titles
- Title Paintings by Dong Kingman
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin
- 'So Little Time' Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
- 'So Little Time' Words by Paul Francis Webster
- 'So Little Time' Recorded by Andy Williams
- Music Editor Richard C. Harris
Sound
- Sound Mixer David Hildyard
- Sound System Westrex Recording System
- Sound Re-Recorded by Gordon K. McCallum
- Sound Effects Editor Milton C. Burrow
Consultant
- Technical Adviser J.R. Johnson
Visitor to set
- Visiting Press Katsuko Komori
- Film Industry Visitor Frankie Avalon
- Film Industry Visitor Laurence Harvey