The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

182 mins | Adventure, War | Dec. 20, 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.

The Sand Pebbles

182 mins | Adventure, War | Dec. 20, 1966

The Sand Pebbles
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers 20th Century Fox, Solar Productions, Robert Wise Productions
Original title The Sand Pebbles
Directors Ridgeway Callow, Charles H. Maguire, Robert Wise
Writers Richard McKenna, Robert Anderson

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

Richard Loo

as Major Chin

Barney Phillips

as Franks

James Hong

as Victor Shu

Gus Trikonis

as Restorff

Emmanuelle Arsan

as Maily

Shepherd Sanders

as Perna

James Jeter

as Farren

Tom Middleton

as Jennings

Paul Chun

as Cho-jen

Tommy Lee

as Chien

Beulah Quo

as Mama Chunk

Stephen Jahn

as Haythorn

Alan Hopkins

as Wilsey

Stephen Ferry

as Lamb

Ted Fish

as Wellbeck

Loren Janes

as Coleman

Glenn R. Wilder

as Waldron

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

as Bosun's Mate (uncredited)