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    The Sand Pebbles

    PG-131966 · Adventure · 3h 2m

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  1. 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 film stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna and Candice ...

  2. 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.

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    • Adventure, Drama, Romance
    • Robert Wise
    • 1966-12-20
  3. The Sand Pebbles. PG-13 Released Dec 20, 1966 3h 2m Adventure List. 85% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 88% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River during the ...

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    • Robert Wise
    • PG-13
    • Steve Mcqueen
  4. Apr 21, 2021 · An illustration of two cells of a film strip. ... The ship is nicknamed the "Sand Pebble" and its sailors "Sand Pebbles". Addeddate 2021-04-21 20:46:24 Identifier the ...

    • 183 min
    • 10.9K
    • Floobby
  5. The Sand Pebbles ended up doubling its original budget but reaped huge rewards, garnering more than $30 million in revenues. Attenborough earned the Golden Globe as best supporting actor, and although the film left the Academy Awards with no trophies in hand, it was nominated for eight, including best picture, actor (McQueen), supporting actor ...

    • Robert Wise, Ridgeway Callow, Charles Maguire
    • Steve Mcqueen
  6. 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. When he insists on working on the ship's engines himself, he earns the enmity of the Chinese "boss" of the ...

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  8. 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.

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