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.

Country:

United States of America,

Taiwan,

Hong Kong

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

196 minutes

Year:

1966

Director:

Robert Wise

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Company:

Robert Wise Productions,

Solar Productions,

20th Century Fox

Budget:

$12,000,000

Revenue:

$20,000,000

Cast:

Jake Holman

Frenchy Burgoyne

Captain Collins

Shirley Eckert

Po-han

Crew:

Director

Novel

Screenplay

Costume Design

Set Decoration