The Sand Pebbles
1966
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.
- Drama
- War
7.2
261
December 20, 1966
3h 16m
Synopsis
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.
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Original Title
The Sand Pebbles
Spoken Languages
Mandarin, English
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$20,000,000
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