The Sand Pebbles (1966)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

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. 1966-12-20 United States of America 196 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Steve McQueen is Jake Holman
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough is Frenchy Burgoyne
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna is Captain Collins
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen is Shirley Eckert
Shirley Eckert
Mako is Po-han
Po-han
Larry Gates is Jameson
Jameson
Charles Robinson is Ensign Bordelles
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland is Stawski
Stawski
Ford Rainey is Harris
Harris
Joe Turkel is Bronson
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod is Crosley
Crosley
Joe Di Reda is Shanahan
Shanahan

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