Poster of The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

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.

Release Date: 1966-12-20

Original Language: en

Genres: Drama War

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Cast Members

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Po-han

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Joe Di Reda

Shanahan

Richard Loo

Major Chin

James Hong

Victor Shu

Beulah Quo

Mama Chunk

Ted Fish

Wellbeck

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Bosun's Mate (uncredited)

Robert Emhardt

Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

Walter Reed

Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)