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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 Sand Pebbles is a 1962 novel by American author Richard McKenna about a Yangtze River gunboat and its crew in 1926. It was the winner of the 1963 Harper Prize for fiction. The book was initially serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, and in January 1963 it was published by Harper & Row.
The Sand Pebbles: Directed by Robert Wise. With Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen. In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.
A naval engineer stationed in 1926 China defies local authorities to rescue a group of missionaries. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Wise. Director. Steve McQueen. Jake Holman. Richard Attenborough. Frenchy Burgoyne. Richard Crenna. Captain Collins. Candice Bergen. Shirley Eckert. Marayat Andriane. Maily. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details.
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...
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Synopsis. For troubled hero Jake Holman (Steve "Lightning" McQueen), no good deed goes unpunished. Transferred in 1926 to the U.S.S. San Pablo (whose crew is nicknamed the "Sand Pebbles"), a gunboat serving on the Yangtze River Patrol in China, engineer Holman finds that Chinese coolies are actually doing most of the work on the ship.
PG-13. YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 452. China, 1926. The country is torn by revolution and exploited by foreigners. Jake Holman, an American sailor who serves as an...
The Sand Pebbles, American war film, released in 1966, that proved controversial for its parallels to the ongoing Vietnam War (1954–75). Steve McQueen earned his only Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of an alienated and disillusioned sailor. The Sand Pebbles opens in 1926 as China is.
Novel. Robert Anderson. Screenplay. 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.
The Sand Pebbles. HD. Steve McQueen stars in this Oscar (R)-nominated drama about an American gunboat patrolling China's Yangtze River in the 1920s. IMDb 7.5 2 h 59 min 1966. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Adventure · Biting · Downbeat. Available to rent or buy. More purchase. options. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
