The Sand Pebbles
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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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Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Robert WiseDirector
Steve McQueenJake Holman
Richard AttenboroughFrenchy Burgoyne
Richard CrennaCaptain Collins
Candice BergenShirley Eckert
MakoPo-han
Larry GatesJameson
Charles RobinsonEnsign Bordelles
Simon OaklandStawski
Ford RaineyHarris
Joe TurkelBronson
Gavin MacLeodCrosley
Jerry GoldsmithComposer
Robert AndersonWriterThe 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.
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Robert WiseDirectorSteve McQueenJake HolmanRichard AttenboroughFrenchy BurgoyneRichard CrennaCaptain CollinsCandice BergenShirley EckertMakoPo-hanLarry GatesJamesonCharles RobinsonEnsign BordellesSimon OaklandStawskiFord RaineyHarrisJoe TurkelBronsonGavin MacLeodCrosleyJerry GoldsmithComposerRobert AndersonWriterRent & Buy