The Sand Pebbles
1966 • Drama | War
7.209 (278)
Robert Wise
Director
Status
Released
Release date
December 20, 1966
Duration
196 Min
Language
English
Popularity
2.7219
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$20,000,000
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.
