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The Sand Pebbles

NR
DramaWar
7.2/10(245 ratings)

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.

12-20-1966
3h 16m
The Sand Pebbles
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Main Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Mako

Po-han

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Jameson

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Robert Wise
Production:
Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox
Revenue:
$20,000,000
Budget:
$12,000,000

Key Crew

Screenplay:
Robert Anderson
Director:
Robert Wise
Editor:
William Reynolds
Set Decoration:
William Kiernan
Makeup Artist:
William Turner

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en