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The Sand Pebbles

This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who disturbed the sleeping dragon of savage China as the threatened world watched in breathless terror.

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Released: 1966-12-20

Runtime: 196 minutes

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.

Genres

  • Drama
  • War

Production Companies

  • Robert Wise Productions ()
  • Solar Productions ()
  • 20th Century Fox (US)

Additional Information

Budget: $12000000

Revenue: $20000000

Popularity: 2.5286

Vote Average: 7.2 ({{ mov_details.vote_count }} votes)

Status: Released

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IMDb: tt0060934