The Sand Pebbles
movie
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.
Released December 20, 1966
Overview
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.
Cast
Steve McQueen
as
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
as
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
as
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
as
Shirley Eckert
Mako
as
Po-han
Larry Gates
as
Jameson
Charles Robinson
as
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
as
Stawski
Ford Rainey
as
Harris
Joe Turkel
as
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
as
Crosley
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Joe Di Reda
as
Shanahan
Crew
Robert Anderson
as
Screenplay
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Richard McKenna
as
Novel
Robert Wise
as
Director
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William Reynolds
as
Editor
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Walter M. Scott
as
Set Decoration
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William Kiernan
as
Set Decoration
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John Sturtevant
as
Set Decoration
Boris Leven
as
Production Design
Renié
as
Costume Design
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Joseph MacDonald
as
Director of Photography
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Saul Wurtzel
as
Unit Production Manager
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William Turner
as
Makeup Artist