The Sand Pebbles (1966)
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.
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 As: Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough As: Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna Richard Crenna As: Captain Collins
Candice Bergen Candice Bergen As: Shirley Eckert
Mako Mako As: Po-han
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: 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.
Certification: PG-13

Details

Genres: Drama, War

Language: 普通话, English

Release Date: 20 December 1966

Country: US

Runtime: 196m

Company Credits

Company: Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox

Budget: $12,000,000

Revenue: $20,000,000

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Cast

Directed By

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Director

Ridgeway Callow

Ridgeway Callow

Assistant Director

Charles H. Maguire

Charles H. Maguire

Second Unit Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Saul Wurtzel

Saul Wurtzel

Unit Production Manager

Charles H. Maguire

Charles H. Maguire

Associate Producer

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Producer

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Executive Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Renié

Renié

Costume Design

Ben Nye

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Del Acevedo

Del Acevedo

Makeup Artist

William Turner

William Turner

Makeup Artist

Margaret Donovan

Margaret Donovan

Hairstylist

Ed Wynigear

Ed Wynigear

Wardrobe Master

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Joseph MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

William Kiernan

William Kiernan

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Boris Leven

Boris Leven

Production Design

John Sturtevant

John Sturtevant

Set Decoration

Other Crew

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