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.
Starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna
Directed by Robert Wise
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.
Runtime: 182 min.
Rating: 7.2
DVD
Languages: English,Italiano,Mandarin,Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Adventure,Drama,Romance,War
Keywords: missionary,china,u.s. navy,chinese,battle,gunboat
Cast
Jake Holman
Frenchy Burgoyne
Captain Collins
Shirley Eckert
Po-han
Jameson
Ensign Bordelles
Stawski
Harris
Bronson
Crosley
Shanahan
Major Chin
Franks
Victor Shu
Restorff
Maily
Perna
Farren
Jennings
Cho-jen
Chien
Mama Chunk
Haythorn
Wilsey
Lamb
Wellbeck
Coleman
Waldron
Bosun's Mate (uncredited)