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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.

7.2

1966•3h 16m

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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Alan Spencer on THE SAND PEBBLES

Cast

Photo of Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Photo of Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Photo of Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Photo of Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Photo of Mako

Mako

Po-han

Photo of Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Jameson

Photo of Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Photo of Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Stawski

Photo of Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Harris

Photo of Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Photo of Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

Photo of Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Major Chin

Photo of Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Franks

Photo of James Hong

James Hong

Victor Shu

Photo of Emmanuelle Arsan

Emmanuelle Arsan

Maily

Photo of James Jeter

James Jeter

Farren

Photo of Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Cho-jen

Photo of Beulah Quo

Beulah Quo

Mama Chunk

Photo of Loren Janes

Loren Janes

Coleman

Photo of Glenn R. Wilder

Glenn R. Wilder

Waldron

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