55 Days at Peking (1963)

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Director

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Nicholas Ray

Guy Green (uncredited)
Andrew Marton (uncredited)
Green and Marton completed the film after Ray walked off following a dispute with producer Samuel Bronston and suffered a heart attack shortly after. The "trivia" on IMDb suggests that Marton directed as much as 65% of the film.

Storyline

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During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine Major 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. (from IMDb)

Cast

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• Credited
• Uncredited A-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast

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Actors credited in the English version, in credit order, which I believe are the same in all international versions.

Charlton Heston
as Major Matt Lewis

Ava Gardner
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

David Niven
as Sir Arthur Robertson

Flora Robson
as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

John Ireland
as Sergeant Harry

Harry Andrews
as Father de Bearn

Leo Genn
as General Jung-Lu

Robert Helpmann
as Prince Tuan

Kurt Kasznar
as Baron Sergei Ivanoff

Philippe Leroy
as Julliard

Paul Lukas
as Doctor Steinfeldt

Elizabeth Sellars
as Lady Sarah Robertson

Massimo Serato
as Garibaldi

Jacques Sernas
as Major Bobrinski

Jerome Thor
as Captain Andy Marshall

Geoffrey Bayldon
as Smythe

Joseph Fürst
as Captain Hanselman

Walter Gotell
as Captain Hoffman

Jûzô Itami
(credited as "Ichizo Itami")
as Colonel Shiba

Mervyn Johns
as Reverend Michaelson

Alfredo Mayo
as Spanish minister

Martin Miller
as Hugo Bergmann

Conchita Montes
as Madame Gaumaire

José Nieto
as Italian minister

Eric Pohlmann
as Baron von Meck

Aram Stephan
as Gaumaire

Robert Urquhart
as Captain Hanley

and

Lynne Sue Moon
as Teresa

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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Lucy Appleby
as Martha Robertson

R.S.M. Brittain
as Sergeant Major

Carlos Casaravilla
as Japanese minister

Eric Chapman
as German minister

Siu-Loi Chow
as Court boxer

Félix Dafauce
as Dutch minister

Andrea Esterhazy
as Austrian minister

Andy Ho
as Barman

Mitchell Kowall
as U.S. marine

Cheng-Liang Kwan
as Court boxer

Ricardo Lilló
as Guest at the ball

Alfred Lynch
as Gerald

John Moulder-Brown
as Tommy Robertson

Joaquín Parra
as Soldier
I'm not sure which of the various countries his costume represents, French maybe?

Nicholas Ray
as U.S. minister

Milton Reid
as Boxer

Gene Reyes
as Carriage bearer

Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo
as Guest at the ball

Fernando Sancho
as Belgian minister

Seyna Seyn
as Handmaiden of the Dowager Empress

Mike Steen
as U.S. marine

Kanji Takaki
as The Old One

George Wang
as Boxer leader

Siu-Tin Yuen
as Court boxer

"Mr. Grumpy"
as Guest at the ball

"Roca's Twin"
as Spectator at victory celebrations

"Spanish Whitebeard"
as Spectator at victory celebrations

"The Penguin"
as Guest at the ball

"Wavy Gravy"
as Viscount

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Unidentified actors

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Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Michael Chow - IMDb as Chiang
• Dong Kingman - IMDb
• Soong Ling - IMDb
• Enzo Musumeci Greco - IMDb
• Paul Naschy - IMDb as Extra
• Lucille Soong - IMDb as Concubine
• John A. Tinn - IMDb
• Guillermo Vera - IMDb as The cart man
• Stephen Young - IMDb

IMDb also lists Bert Kwouk and Robert Rietty for dubbing only.

The film was shot entirely in Spain, so the majority of the small-part and background actors should be Spanish, however there are a number of uncredited actors identified in small roles from various other countries, including Italy, so there could be more to be found. The oriental actors in the film were recruited from all over Europe, so there could be more Italian-based oriental actors (in addition to the identified George Wang).

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified actors

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IMDb lists Mitchell Kowall as playing a US marine. From images of Kowall found online I think this marine in 17-18 has to be him

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IMDb lists 3 asian actors as playing what they call the "court boxers". Two of the three, Siu-Loi Chow and Siu-Tin Yuen look to be fairly well known martial arts actors and have a number of images online, though in both cases the images may date from sometime after this film. The third, Cheng-Liang Kwan, has a number of other credits, but no images to identify him from - still if we can identify the other 2 then he should be the one that's left.

Siu-Loi Chow

Siu-Tin Yuen

Boxer 1

Boxer 2

Boxer 3

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I think Boxer 1 has to be Siu-Loi Chow

I'm not certain which of the others can be Siu-Tin Yuen, I think probably Boxer 3, the lines around the mouth seem to match, but any opinions would be welcomed

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135 looks like he could be Joaquín Parra.

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135 looks like he could be Joaquín Parra.

How certain is the ID? He's not someone I'm familiar with