The Sand Pebbles

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.

1966 en 196 minutes

Rating: 7.2

Plot

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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Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Mako

Po-han

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Jameson

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Stawski

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Harris

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

Joe Di Reda

Joe Di Reda

Shanahan

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Major Chin

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Franks

James Hong

James Hong

Victor Shu

Gus Trikonis

Gus Trikonis

Restorff

Emmanuelle Arsan

Emmanuelle Arsan

Maily

Shepherd Sanders

Shepherd Sanders

Perna

James Jeter

James Jeter

Farren

Tom Middleton

Tom Middleton

Jennings

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Cho-jen

Tommy Lee

Tommy Lee

Chien

Beulah Quo

Beulah Quo

Mama Chunk

Stephen Jahn

Stephen Jahn

Haythorn

Alan Hopkins

Alan Hopkins

Wilsey

Stephen Ferry

Stephen Ferry

Lamb

Ted Fish

Ted Fish

Wellbeck

Loren Janes

Loren Janes

Coleman

Glenn R. Wilder

Glenn R. Wilder

Waldron

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Bosun's Mate (uncredited)

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