A surprisingly good film from 1963 about the Boxer Rebellion and the siege of the legations in Peking/Beijing. It’s a bit corny at times as one would expect, but then most modern films are plagued with much worse flaws. Charlton Heston is a badass American who drinks and whores and shoots and punches, David Niven is a refined tea-sipping Englishman as one would expect, and Ava Gardner is a Russian whore who is clearly up for a bit of hard military penetration and artillery bombardment if you know what I mean.
I have some mild critiques, e.g. it’s largely bloodless, at times I wasn’t sure what the situation was, exactly, but it’s otherwise a good solid film and highly enjoyable. It’s on Youtube at the moment:
Remainders 