The Sand Pebbles

7.2|1966|3h 2m| EN

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.

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Robert Wise

Votes: 252

Production Companies:

Robert Wise Productions

Solar Productions

20th Century Fox