The Sand Pebbles
8NomsDirected by Robert Wise
Synopsis
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.
Awards
39th Academy Awards· 1967
Details
- Released
- 20 December 1966
- Runtime
- 3h 16m
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Writers
- Robert Anderson
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $20,000,000
- Countries
- United States of America, Taiwan, Hong Kong
- Languages
- Mandarin, English
- Production
- Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox
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Cast
Steve McQueen
Richard Attenborough
Richard Crenna
Candice Bergen
MakoNominated
Larry Gates
Charles Robinson
Simon Oakland
Ford Rainey
Joe Turkel