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The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American epic war film directed by Robert Wise in Panavision. It tells the story of an independent, rebellious U.S. Navy machinist's mate first class, aboard the fictional river gunboat USS San Pablo, on Yangtze Patrol in 1920s China. The production was filmed on location in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
A U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China in 1926. The Sand Pebbles is a classic adventure film nominated for 8 Oscars and starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen.
- (17K)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Robert Wise
- 1966-12-20
In 1926, as strong feelings of nationalism are sweeping through China and the followers of Chiang Kai-shek, as well as the war lords and communists, are demanding that all foreigners leave Chinese soil, the U. S. gunboat San Pablo is patroling the Yangtze River.
- Robert Wise, Ridgeway Callow, Charles Maguire
- Steve Mcqueen
In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River during the clashes between Chiang Kai-shek's communists and Chinese warlords. Eight-year veteran machinist Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), new to...
- (20)
- Robert Wise
- PG-13
- Steve Mcqueen
A U.S. Naval engineer gets involved in a civil war and a love triangle on a gunboat in China in 1926. Read the summaries, synopsis and cast of this classic adventure film starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.
Find out who starred in the classic war film The Sand Pebbles, directed by Robert Wise and based on a novel by Richard McKenna. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and more on IMDb.
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The Sand Pebbles, American war film, released in 1966, that proved controversial for its parallels to the ongoing Vietnam War (1954–75). Steve McQueen earned his only Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of an alienated and disillusioned sailor. The Sand Pebbles opens in 1926 as China is.
