The Sand Pebbles

1966 | 196 minutes | 7.2 ★ (243)

The Sand Pebbles
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    20 December 1966

  • DirectingRobert Wise
  • Budget

    $12,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $20,000,000.00

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