55 Days at Peking 1963

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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Nicholas Ray's last commercial film and second blockbuster for Samuel Bronston (after King of Kings) effectively ended his career as a Hollywood director, and the unwieldiness of this spectacular... helps in part to explain why. Read more

Time Out: A magnificent failure. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Jack Hildyard's photography is excellent, particularly in getting on the big screen the savage attack scenes which take up the major part of the picture. Read more