The Sand Pebbles (1966)
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.
- Released
- 1966-12-20
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 196 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Anderson, Robert Wise
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 296 votes
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Jake Holman
- Richard Attenborough as Frenchy Burgoyne
- Richard Crenna as Captain Collins
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Eckert
- Mako as Po-han
- Larry Gates as Jameson
- Charles Robinson as Ensign Bordelles
- Simon Oakland as Stawski
- Ford Rainey as Harris
- Joe Turkel as Bronson
- Gavin MacLeod as Crosley
- Joe Di Reda as Shanahan