The Sand Pebbles
Movie1966PG-133h 16m
Storyline
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.
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- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Countries
- Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions
- Released
- December 20, 1966
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 3h 16m
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $20,000,000
- Rating
- PG-13
