The Sand Pebbles
7.2
196 minutes
12/20/1966
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.
Cast List
Steve McQueen
as Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
as Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
as Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
as Shirley Eckert
Mako
as Po-han
Larry Gates
as Jameson
Charles Robinson
as Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
as Stawski
Ford Rainey
as Harris
Joe Turkel
as Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
as Crosley
Joe Di Reda
as Shanahan
Richard Loo
as Major Chin
Barney Phillips
as Franks
James Hong
as Victor Shu
Gus Trikonis
as Restorff
Emmanuelle Arsan
as Maily
Shepherd Sanders
as Perna
James Jeter
as Farren
Tom Middleton
as Jennings
Paul Chun Pui
as Cho-jen
Tommy Lee
as Chien
Beulah Quo
as Mama Chunk
Stephen Jahn
as Haythorn
Alan Hopkins
as Wilsey
Stephen Ferry
as Lamb
Ted Fish
as Wellbeck
Loren Janes
as Coleman
Glenn R. Wilder
as Waldron
Robert Kelly-Schleyer
as Bosun's Mate (uncredited)
Robert Emhardt
as Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)