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.

Genre:

Drama, War

Duration:

196 min

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna

Quality:

HD

Director:

Robert Wise

Release:

1966

Country:

United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR China

Rating:

7.2