
The Sand Pebbles
# 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.
π Overview:
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.
π΅ Budget: USD
12,000,000
π Languages Available:
Mandarin
,
English
π Date Released:
1966-12-20
β Running Time:
196 mins
β Vote Average:
7.206
Beloved Cast

Jake Holman
Steve McQueen

Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Attenborough

Captain Collins
Richard Crenna

Shirley Eckert
Candice Bergen

Po-han
Mako

Jameson
Larry Gates

Ensign Bordelles
Charles Robinson

Stawski
Simon Oakland

Harris
Ford Rainey

Bronson
Joe Turkel

Crosley
Gavin MacLeod

Shanahan
Joe Di Reda

Major Chin
Richard Loo

Franks
Barney Phillips

Victor Shu
James Hong

Restorff
Gus Trikonis

Maily
Emmanuelle Arsan

Perna
Shepherd Sanders

Farren
James Jeter

Jennings
Tom Middleton

Cho-jen
Paul Chun Pui

Chien
Tommy Lee

Mama Chunk
Beulah Quo

Haythorn
Stephen Jahn

Wilsey
Alan Hopkins

Lamb
Stephen Ferry

Wellbeck
Ted Fish

Coleman
Loren Janes

Waldron
Glenn R. Wilder

Bosun's Mate (uncredited)
Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)
Robert Emhardt

Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
Walter Reed