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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.

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.

Directed by Robert Wise

Screenplay by Robert Anderson

DETAILS

RUNTIME 3h 16min GENRES Drama, War STUDIOS Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox COUNTRIES USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong LANGUAGES 普通话, English More Details at TMDB

CAST

Steve McQueen Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna Captain Collins

Candice Bergen Shirley Eckert

Mako Po-han