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The Sand Pebbles

Cast

Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen View All


Crew

Robert Wise (Director), Robert Anderson (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 20th, 1966
Runtime: 3 hours, 2 minutes
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...
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Rockatansky
One of the positive characters is a coolie played by Mako, who the gruff but upright hero played by Steve McQueen (effortlessly cool and stoic as always) teaches ship maintenance and courage.


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