The Sand Pebbles

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.

  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1966-12-20
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 245 ratings
  • Runtime: 3h 16min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Company: Robert Wise Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Robert Wise
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Summary

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.

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  • Steve McQueen

    as Jake Holman
  • Richard Attenborough

    as Frenchy Burgoyne
  • Richard Crenna

    as Captain Collins
  • Candice Bergen

    as Shirley Eckert
  • Mako

    as Po-han
  • Larry Gates

    as Jameson
  • Charles Robinson

    as Ensign Bordelles
  • Simon Oakland

    as Stawski
  • Ford Rainey

    as Harris
  • Joe Turkel

    as Bronson
  • Gavin MacLeod

    as Crosley
  • Joe Di Reda

    as Shanahan
  • Richard Loo

    as Major Chin
  • Barney Phillips

    as Franks
  • James Hong

    as Victor Shu
  • Gus Trikonis

    as Restorff
  • Emmanuelle Arsan

    as Maily
  • Shepherd Sanders

    as Perna
  • James Jeter

    as Farren
  • Tom Middleton

    as Jennings
  • Paul Chun Pui

    as Cho-jen
  • Tommy Lee

    as Chien
  • Beulah Quo

    as Mama Chunk
  • Stephen Jahn

    as Haythorn
  • Alan Hopkins

    as Wilsey
  • Stephen Ferry

    as Lamb
  • Ted Fish

    as Wellbeck
  • Loren Janes

    as Coleman
  • Glenn R. Wilder

    as Waldron
  • Robert Kelly-Schleyer

    as Bosun's Mate (uncredited)
  • Robert Emhardt

    as Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)
  • Walter Reed

    as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
Directing Robert Wise Director
Writing Richard McKenna Novel
Writing Robert Anderson Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Renié Costume Design
Art William Kiernan Set Decoration
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Art Boris Leven Production Design
Editing William Reynolds Editor
Art John Sturtevant Set Decoration
Camera Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Del Acevedo Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up William Turner Makeup Artist
Directing Ridgeway Callow Assistant Director
Directing Charles H. Maguire Second Unit Director
Production Saul Wurtzel Unit Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Margaret Donovan Hairstylist
Sound Bernard Freericks Sound
Sound Douglas O. Williams Sound
Sound Lionel Newman Conductor
Sound Murray Spivack Sound
Costume & Make-Up Ed Wynigear Wardrobe Master
Sound David Tamkin Orchestrator
Production Charles H. Maguire Associate Producer
Production Robert Wise Producer
Sound Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Crew Loren Janes Stunt Double
Crew Glenn R. Wilder Stunts
Crew Gil Perkins Stunts
Crew Larry Duran Stunts
Crew Bill Saito Stunts
Production Steve McQueen Executive Producer
Crew Gerald Endler Special Effects

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