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The Sand Pebbles( 1966)

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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.

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.

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      Steve McQueen

      Jake Holman

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      Richard Attenborough

      Frenchy Burgoyne

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      Richard Crenna

      Captain Collins

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      Candice Bergen

      Shirley Eckert

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      Mako

      Po-han

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      Larry Gates

      Jameson

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      Charles Robinson

      Ensign Bordelles

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      Simon Oakland

      Stawski

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      Ford Rainey

      Harris

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      Joe Turkel

      Bronson

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      Gavin MacLeod

      Crosley

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      Joe Di Reda

      Shanahan

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      Richard Loo

      Major Chin

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      Barney Phillips

      Franks

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      James Hong

      Victor Shu

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      Gus Trikonis

      Restorff

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      Emmanuelle Arsan

      Maily

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      Shepherd Sanders

      Perna

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      James Jeter

      Farren

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      Tom Middleton

      Jennings

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      Paul Chun Pui

      Cho-jen

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      Tommy Lee

      Chien

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      Beulah Quo

      Mama Chunk

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      Stephen Jahn

      Haythorn

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      Alan Hopkins

      Wilsey

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      Stephen Ferry

      Lamb

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      Ted Fish

      Wellbeck

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      Loren Janes

      Coleman

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      Glenn R. Wilder

      Waldron

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      Robert Kelly-Schleyer

      Bosun's Mate (uncredited)

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      Robert Emhardt

      Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

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      Walter Reed

      Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    12000000.00

    Revenue

    20000000.00

    Keywords

    • china
    • missionary
    • u.s. navy
    • chinese
    • battle
    • gunboat