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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1966-12-20
Runtime: 196 mins
Director: Robert Wise
Spoken language: 普通话, English
Genres: Drama, War
Original title: The Sand Pebbles
Production Companies: Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Steve McQueen
Richard Attenborough
Richard Crenna
Candice Bergen
Mako
Larry Gates
Charles Robinson
Simon Oakland
Ford Rainey
Joe Turkel
Gavin MacLeod
Joe Di Reda
Richard Loo
Barney Phillips
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