The Sand Pebbles
Description
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.
Stars
Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako
Runtime
196 minutes
Release Date
December 20, 1966
Rating
7.2/10 (271 votes)