The Sand Pebbles
First aired on Dec 20, 1966
70%
Genres: Drama, War
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Steve McQueen | Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough | Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna | Captain Collins
Candice Bergen | Shirley Eckert
Mako | Po-han
Larry Gates | Jameson
Featured Crew
Robert Anderson | Screenplay
Robert Wise | Director
Richard McKenna | Novel
William Reynolds | Editor
Boris Leven | Production Design
William Kiernan | Set Decoration
