The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

1966
3h 16m
7.2

7.2/10

272 votes • View on IMDb
Drama War

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $12,000,000

Revenue: $20,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Robert Wise Productions Solar Productions 20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America Taiwan Hong Kong
Spoken Languages
Mandarin English

Keywords

china missionary u.s. navy chinese battle gunboat

Quick Facts

Release Date December 20, 1966
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0060934

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

Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland

Stawski

Ford Rainey
Ford Rainey

Harris

Joe Turkel
Joe Turkel

Bronson

Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

Joe Di Reda
Joe Di Reda

Shanahan

Key Crew

Robert Wise
Director
Robert Anderson
Screenplay
Robert Wise
Producer
Steve McQueen
Executive Producer