The Sand Pebbles
PG-13
1966
196 minutes
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.
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Top Cast
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
Mako
Po-han
Larry Gates
Jameson
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
Stawski
Ford Rainey
Harris
Joe Turkel
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
Joe Di Reda
Shanahan
Richard Loo
Major Chin
Barney Phillips
Franks
James Hong
Victor Shu
Gus Trikonis
Restorff
Emmanuelle Arsan
Maily
Shepherd Sanders
Perna
James Jeter
Farren
Tom Middleton
Jennings
Paul Chun Pui
Cho-jen
Tommy Lee
Chien
Beulah Quo
Mama Chunk
Stephen Jahn
Haythorn
Alan Hopkins
Wilsey
Stephen Ferry
Lamb
Ted Fish
Wellbeck
Loren Janes
Coleman
Glenn R. Wilder
Waldron
Robert Kelly-Schleyer
Bosun's Mate (uncredited)