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The Sand Pebbles

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.
This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who distu...
Drama, War - 1966
The Sand Pebbles
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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. 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.
Director:
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Robert Wise
Cast:
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Joe Turkel
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Larry Gates
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Richard Attenborough
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Mako
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Candice Bergen
,
Steve McQueen
,
Simon Oakland
,
Richard Crenna
,
Ford Rainey
,
Charles Robinson

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Details

Runtime:
196 min
Release date:
20 Dec 1966
Country:
US, TW, HK
Languages:
Chinese, English
Budget:
$12,000,000
Revenue:
$20,000,000
Awards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars. 2 wins & 21 nominations total
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