Movie Description

The Sand Pebbles

(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

Facts

Original TitleThe Sand Pebbles

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1966-12-20

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 03h 16m

Budget₹ 12000000

Revenue₹ 20000000

Production CompaniesRobert Wise Productions,Solar Productions,20th Century Fox

Genres

  • Drama
  • War