Arrival of the Marines - 55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking (1963) Rent or own full movie: amzn.to/3Mzk8WX
This historical epic dramatizes the Battle of Peking, a turning point of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. When Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Flora Robson) orders the Boxers, a group of Chinese secret societies, to massacre foreigners within China, a group of ambassadors, their families and staff hole up in a diplomatic compound. Major Matt Lewis of the United States Marine Corps (Charlton Heston) leads the defense while romancing Russian baroness Natalie Ivanoff (Ava Gardner).
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[@bradcouch457]

The Boxer Rebellion is one of the most overlooked and forgotten major events in history. The entire story would make a great TV miniseries.

[@andrewstravels2096]

55 Days at Peking, such a great and underrated movie. Back when all the major powers fought together, side by side. That would be broken just 5 years later in the Russo-Japanese War.

[@_____fulbrighttarih]

Osmanlı Hilafeti ve Saltanatı savaşa katılmadı.

[@valentinius62]

This movie and The Sand Pebbles are the only two movies I know of which address the involvement of the US military in China prior to WW 2.

[@dougdumbrill7234]

I saw this movie in Newcastle, Wyoming the night after John F. Kennedy was killed. Great movie, but always associated with that sad day!

[@Great_Sandwich]

Now, that's a hell of a memory.

[@dougdumbrill7234]

@@Great_Sandwich I was 8!😳

[@Great_Sandwich]

@@dougdumbrill7234 Did you understand what happened at the time? How did an 8 year old process that? Your parents must have been distraught.

[@dougdumbrill7234]

@@Great_Sandwich I think my dad wanted to just give us something else to think about. I had a full understanding of this event! I had ardently supported Kennedy’s presidency mainly because of his charisma and my hero worship after hearing the PT 109 story. I was busted up over this!!!
To this day whenever I swim breast stroke I think of Kennedy towing his burned man 3 miles by a life jacket strap!

[@Great_Sandwich]

@@dougdumbrill7234 Thanks for the post, Doug. History teacher, here. Born in '62, just three months before it happened. Naturally, I'm always interested to hear people's accounts. Peace.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Excellent choice...E..

[@Deavastator]

Great movie

[@rustyrussell2537]

I've seen this movie 3 times and i just now noticed Charlton Heston has a Mameluk sword at 1:31.

[@MatthewLawrence.]

Of course he does, it’s been on the US Marine uniform ever since the Barbary Wars

[@rustyrussell2537]

@@MatthewLawrence. I know that I meant I never noticed it in the scene before.

[@MatthewLawrence.]

@@rustyrussell2537 it’s good attention to detail

[@SKINWALKER]

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“Yes sir?!?!?”
“Aye, aye, sir!!! Leather Neck!!!”

[@nelson0110]

“I’d make that deal” 😉

[@jimlasswell4491]

"Eyes front soldier.' tuned it off.

[@noahsecades4241]

Confused Actor refers to Marine next to him as soldier😭😭😭

[@leohale3464]

Imagine being this butthurt about terminology. You've got a stick somewhere it shouldn't be.

[@jimlasswell4491]

@@leohale3464 Imagine sitting around all day just looking to insult someone

[@leohale3464]

@@jimlasswell4491 My point stands.

[@Brenden2006]

I don't think one wrong term is enough to discredit a whole movie, but in this case the movie is not very good so.

[@wiktorberski9272]

I haven't seen this movie. I believe, that Charlton Heston and other actors have better films in their portfolio

[@Saffi____]

When he says highly cultured he means that. China during those times did not take kindly to insults or law breaking and would give what we would consider harsh punishments to them. They have numerous societal norms that would put Japan to shame. They nation thrived for a long time and only ended after Western interference which weakened the influnce of the government allowing the revolutionaries to take over.

[@pen2009]

lol this movie was trash

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

The Boxer Rebellion was justified and this is a propaganda film

[@mikeytrains1]

Cope

[@gonzaloalvarezpalomino6449]

Take your woke stuff to other place

[@gabrielho1874]

Once upon a time it was justified.
Then they started becoming a bit too crazy.

[@bcb5696]

@@gonzaloalvarezpalomino6449what he said wasn’t woke

[@OhioCruffler]

50 cents