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.
1966 | 196m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Robert Wise |
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| Writer: | Robert Anderson, Richard McKenna |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 20, 1966 |
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| Director: | Robert Wise |
| Writer: | Robert Anderson, Richard McKenna |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | missionary, china, u.s. navy, chinese, battle, gunboat |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Solar Productions, Robert Wise Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $20,000,000
Budget: $12,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Steve McQueen | Jake Holman |
| Richard Attenborough | Frenchy Burgoyne |
| Richard Crenna | Captain Collins |
| Candice Bergen | Shirley Eckert |
| Mako | Po-han |
| Larry Gates | Jameson |
| Charles Robinson | Ensign Bordelles |
| Simon Oakland | Stawski |
| Ford Rainey | Harris |
| Joe Turkel | Bronson |
| Gavin MacLeod | Crosley |
| Joe Di Reda | Shanahan |
| Richard Loo | Major Chin |
| Barney Phillips | Franks |
| James Hong | Victor Shu |
| Gus Trikonis | Restorff |
| Emmanuelle Arsan | Maily |
| Shepherd Sanders | Perna |
| James Jeter | Farren |
| Tom Middleton | Jennings |
| Paul Chun Pui | Cho-jen |
| Tommy Lee | Chien |
| Beulah Quo | Mama Chunk |
| Stephen Jahn | Haythorn |
| Alan Hopkins | Wilsey |
| Stephen Ferry | Lamb |
| Ted Fish | Wellbeck |
| Loren Janes | Coleman |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Waldron |
| Robert Kelly-Schleyer | Bosun's Mate (uncredited) |
| Robert Emhardt | Officer on San Pablo (uncredited) |
| Walter Reed | Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Anderson | Screenplay |
| Larry Duran | Stunts |
| Richard McKenna | Novel |
| William Reynolds | Editor |
| William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| John Sturtevant | Set Decoration |
| Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| Gerald Endler | Special Effects |
| Del Acevedo | Makeup Artist |
| Margaret Donovan | Hairstylist |
| William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Charles H. Maguire | Second Unit Director |
| Bernard Freericks | Sound |
| Murray Spivack | Sound |
| Douglas O. Williams | Sound |
| Ed Wynigear | Wardrobe Master |
| David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Robert Wise | Director |
| Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles H. Maguire | Associate Producer |
| Robert Wise | Producer |
| Steve McQueen | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Robert Wise | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Steve McQueen | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Doris Day | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Maggie McNamara | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Eva Marie Saint | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
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