The courage and leadership of U.S. Marine (Charlton Heston) and British Ambassador (David Niven) are the only hope against insurmountable odds, while a beautiful Russian Countess (Ava Gardner) must choose between freedom and commitment. Read more
| Starring | Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson |
|---|---|
| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Genres | Drama |
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The courage and leadership of U.S. Marine (Charlton Heston) and British Ambassador (David Niven) are the only hope against insurmountable odds, while a beautiful Russian Countess (Ava Gardner) must choose between freedom and commitment.
| Starring | Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson |
|---|---|
| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1963 To Rent: DVD: not available |
From its marvellous opening - in the Legation compound at Peking, the troops of eight foreign powers raise their... read more on Time Out
There was nothing small about Charlton Heston. He was a big, lusty man, with a scowl that might have been chiselled out of granite, a famously noble brow, and the kind of sculpted upper torso he was happy to show off well into middle age. It was a physique built for Cinema-Scope. With the movies' fighting television for audiences in the 1950s, Heston was the man of the hour. Cecil B De Mille cast him as the circus master in The Greatest Show On Earth (Best Picture winner in 1952), then as... Read more
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