55 Days at Peking (
1963) | IMDb:
6.7
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
King of Kings (
1961) | IMDb:
7
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Starring:
Jeffrey Hunter
,
Siobhán McKenna
,
Hurd Hatfield
,
Ron Randell
,
Viveca Lindfors
,
Rita Gam
Solomon and Sheba (
1959) | IMDb:
6.1
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.
Starring:
Yul Brynner
,
Gina Lollobrigida
,
George Sanders
,
Marisa Pavan
,
David Farrar
,
John Crawford
Love in the Afternoon (
1957) | IMDb:
7.1
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.
Starring:
Gary Cooper
,
Audrey Hepburn
,
Maurice Chevalier
,
John McGiver
,
Van Doude
,
Lise Bourdin
Land of the Pharaohs (
1955) | IMDb:
6.6
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Starring:
Jack Hawkins
,
Joan Collins
,
Dewey Martin
,
Alex Minotis
,
James Robertson Justice
,
Luisella Boni