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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 film stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna and Candice ...
- $12.1 million
- December 20, 1966
- Robert Wise
- Jerry Goldsmith
A U.S. Naval engineer gets involved in the war-torn China of 1926 on a gunboat mission. The film stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, and Candice Bergen, and was nominated for eight Oscars.
- Robert Wise
- 141
- 3 min
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. In 1966 it was adapted into the movie of the same ...
- Richard McKenna
- 597
- 1963
- January 2, 1963
The Sand Pebbles is a war action adventure drama film about a naval engineer who defies local authorities to rescue a group of missionaries in China in 1926. The film is based on the novel by Richard McKenna and directed by Robert Wise, starring Steve McQueen, Jake Holman, and Frenchy Burgoyne.
- Robert Wise, Ridgeway Callow, Charles Maguire
- Steve Mcqueen
Rated: C+ • Mar 15, 2011. Rated: B • Dec 26, 2009. In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River during the clashes between Chiang Kai-shek's communists and Chinese warlords. Eight-year ...
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- Robert Wise
- PG-13
- Steve Mcqueen
A U.S. Naval engineer gets involved in a civil war and a love triangle on a gunboat in China in 1926. Read the summaries, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic film starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.
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A list of the full cast and crew of the 1966 war film The Sand Pebbles, directed by Robert Wise and based on the novel by Richard McKenna. The film follows the experiences of an American soldier and a Chinese girl in China during World War II. See agents, production, music, and more details.
