7.2
(250 votes)
The Sand Pebbles
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.
Creators
Movie Details
Status
Released (20/12/1966)
Original language
English
Budget
$12,000,000
Box office
$20,000,000
Country
USAProduction companies