The Sand Pebbles 1966
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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.
- Released: 1966-12-20
- Runtime: 196 minutes
- Genre: Drama, War
- Stars: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako
- Director: Robert Anderson, Robert Wise, Richard McKenna, William Reynolds, Boris Leven
