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The Sand Pebbles

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.

1966 |3h 16m |  Drama, War

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Cast

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Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

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Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

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Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

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Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

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Mako

Po-han

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Larry Gates

Jameson

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Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

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Simon Oakland

Stawski

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Ford Rainey

Harris

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Joe Turkel

Bronson

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Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

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Richard Loo

Major Chin

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Barney Phillips

Franks

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James Hong

Victor Shu

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James Jeter

Farren

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Paul Chun Pui

Cho-jen

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Beulah Quo

Mama Chunk

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Robert Emhardt

Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

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Walter Reed

Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Mandarin, English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$20,000,000.00