"55 Days in Peking"
(1963)
(1963)
Heston and wife Lydia attended the premiere of this film in Paris in September 1963. Heston played Major Matt Lewis, who helps fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
"His performances as military men under siege in '55 Days at Peking' and 'Major Dundee' (1965) are much smarter than they appear on the surface." —Ty Burr, Globe Staff
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