Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton
Writers: Robert Hamer, Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon
Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars, 5 nominations total
Duration: 2h 34m
Diplomats, soldiers, and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1899 to 1901 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival, despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief, and tacit support of the Boxers by Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Dame Flora Robson) and her Generals.
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.
