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. | ||
Title | : | The Sand Pebbles |
Release Date | : | 1966-12-20 |
Runtime | : | |
Production Countries | : | United States of America, |
Production Co. | : | Robert Wise Productions Solar Productions 20th Century Fox |
Genres | : | Drama, War, |
Casts | : | Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako, Larry Gates, Charles Robinson, Simon Oakland, Ford Rainey, Joe Turkel, Gavin MacLeod, Joe Di Reda, Richard Loo, Barney Phillips, James Hong, Gus Trikonis, Emmanuelle Arsan, Shepherd Sanders, James Jeter, Tom Middleton, Paul Chun Pui, Tommy Lee, Beulah Quo, Stephen Jahn, Alan Hopkins, Stephen Ferry, Ted Fish, Loren Janes, Glenn R. Wilder, Robert Kelly-Schleyer, Robert Emhardt, Walter Reed, |
Plot Keywords | : | china, missionary, u.s. navy, chinese, battle, gunboat, |
Alternative Titles | : | La canonnière du Yang-Tsé O Canhoneiro do Yang-Tsé Ziarnka piasku Песъчинки |