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The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles

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The Sand Pebbles

PG-13·1966·196m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Robert Wise

Novel

Richard McKenna

Screenplay

Robert Anderson

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$12,000,000.00

Revenue:

$20,000,000.00

Keywords

china
missionary
u.s. navy
chinese
battle
gunboat