Movie·1966·3h 16m
The Sand Pebbles
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.
Country
United States of America
Language
Mandarin
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The Story
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.
Written By
Robert Anderson
Producer
Robert Wise, Steve McQueen
Cinematography
Joseph MacDonald
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Editor
William Reynolds
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
Mako
Po-han
Larry Gates
Jameson
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
Stawski
Ford Rainey
Harris
Joe Turkel
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
Joe Di Reda
Shanahan
Richard Loo
Major Chin
Barney Phillips
Franks
James Hong
Victor Shu
Gus Trikonis
Restorff
Emmanuelle Arsan
Maily
Shepherd Sanders
Perna
// crew
Crew
Robert Anderson
Screenplay
Robert Wise
Director, Producer
William Reynolds
Editor
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Steve McQueen
Executive Producer
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