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The Sand Pebbles(1966)

PG-1312/20/1966 (US)DramaWar3h 16m
72%

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This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who disturbed the sleeping dragon of savage China as the threatened world watched in breathless terror.

Overview

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

Robert Wise

Director

Movie Cast

Steve McQueen photo

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough photo

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna photo

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen photo

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako photo

Mako

Po-han

Charles Robinson photo

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Joe Turkel photo

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$12,000,000.00

Revenue$20,000,000.00

Production CompanyRobert Wise Productions

Original LanguageEnglish

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