The Sand Pebbles

IMDb 7.2 1966 • 196 min • DramaWar

Director

Robert Wise

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen Shirley Eckert
Mako
Mako Po-han