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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. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film nominated for 8 Oscars.
- (17K)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Robert Wise
- 1966-12-20
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, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic film starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.
A naval engineer stationed in 1926 China defies local authorities to rescue a group of missionaries.
- Robert Wise, Ridgeway Callow, Charles Maguire
- Steve Mcqueen
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic war film The Sand Pebbles, directed by Robert Wise and starring Steve McQueen. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
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)
- Adventure
- PG-13
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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.
