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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 production was filmed on location in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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.
Navy engineer Jake (Steve McQueen) acquaints himself with his new baby, the engine of the USS San Pablo, meeting his assistant Po-Han (Mako), then various shipmates, Simon Oakland as Stawski, Richard Attenborough as “Frenchy,” in 1926 China, in Robert Wise’s.
The Sand Pebbles. 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...
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The Sand Pebbles (1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China. Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. 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 ...
The Sand Pebbles was one of Twentieth Century-Fox's first Panavision films. This signaled the end of an era as Fox transitioned over from using their CinemaScope lens. For a brief history on this period...visit The American Widescreen Museum.
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, 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.
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.
