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poster movie The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

PG-13

1966-12-20

  • Drama
  • War

3h 16m

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 AndersonScreenplay
  • Richard McKennaNovel
  • Robert WiseDirector

StatusReleased

Original LanguageEnglish

Original titleThe Sand Pebbles

Budget$12,000,000.00

Revenue$20,000,000.00

Casts

  • Profile Steve McQueen with character Jake Holman

    Steve McQueen

    Jake Holman

  • Profile Richard Attenborough with character Frenchy Burgoyne

    Richard Attenborough

    Frenchy Burgoyne

  • Profile Richard Crenna with character Captain Collins

    Richard Crenna

    Captain Collins

  • Profile Candice Bergen with character Shirley Eckert

    Candice Bergen

    Shirley Eckert

  • Profile Mako with character Po-han

    Mako

    Po-han

  • Profile Larry Gates with character Jameson

    Larry Gates

    Jameson

  • Profile Charles Robinson with character Ensign Bordelles

    Charles Robinson

    Ensign Bordelles

  • Profile Simon Oakland with character Stawski

    Simon Oakland

    Stawski

  • Profile Ford Rainey with character Harris

    Ford Rainey

    Harris

  • Profile Joe Turkel with character Bronson

    Joe Turkel

    Bronson

  • Profile Gavin MacLeod with character Crosley

    Gavin MacLeod

    Crosley

  • Joe Di Reda

    Shanahan

  • Profile Richard Loo with character Major Chin

    Richard Loo

    Major Chin

  • Profile Barney Phillips with character Franks

    Barney Phillips

    Franks

  • Profile James Hong with character Victor Shu

    James Hong

    Victor Shu

  • Gus Trikonis

    Restorff

  • Profile Emmanuelle Arsan with character Maily

    Emmanuelle Arsan

    Maily

  • Shepherd Sanders

    Perna

  • Profile James Jeter with character Farren

    James Jeter

    Farren

  • Tom Middleton

    Jennings

  • Profile 秦沛 with character Cho-jen

    秦沛

    Cho-jen

  • Tommy Lee

    Chien

  • Profile Beulah Quo with character Mama Chunk

    Beulah Quo

    Mama Chunk

  • Stephen Jahn

    Haythorn

  • Alan Hopkins

    Wilsey

  • Stephen Ferry

    Lamb

  • Ted Fish

    Wellbeck

  • Profile Loren Janes with character Coleman

    Loren Janes

    Coleman

  • Profile Glenn R. Wilder with character Waldron

    Glenn R. Wilder

    Waldron

  • Robert Kelly-Schleyer

    Bosun's Mate (uncredited)

  • Profile Robert Emhardt with character Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

    Robert Emhardt

    Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

  • Profile Walter Reed with character Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

    Walter Reed

    Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)