55 Days at Peking

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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 historical epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released by Allied Artists. It was produced by Samuel Bronston and directed by Nicholas Ray, Andrew Marton (credited as the second unit director) and Guy Green (uncredited). The screenplay was by Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon, Ben Barzman and Robert Hamer, the music score by Dimitri Tiomkin and the cinematography by Jack Hildyard. The large cast was headlined... more
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  • May 29, 1963

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Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (7 August 1911 – 16 June 1979) was an American film director best known for the movie Rebel Without a Cause. Ray received a Taliesin Fellowship from Frank Lloyd Wright to study under Wright as an apprentice. Coming from a radio background, Ray directed...

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