OVIDtv specializes in documentaries and arthouse such as these 5 French films of the 50s and 60s from directors Marc Allégret and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze.
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55 Days at Peking (1963) - Full length movie 55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing siege of the foreign legations compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China from 1898 to 1900. It is based on the book by Noel Gerson and produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Bernard Gordon with uncredited contributions from Robert Hamer and Ben Barzman. It stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, and David Niven, with supporting roles by Flora Robson, John Ireland, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann. Harry Andrews, and Kurt Kasznar. It also contains the first known screen appearance of future martial arts film star Yuen Siu Tien. Japanese film director Juzo Itami, credited in the film as Ichizo Itami , appears as Col. Goro Shiba. 55 Days at Peking was released by Allied Artists on May 29, 1963 and received mixed reviews, mainly for its historical inaccuracies and lac