The Sand Pebbles
1966 · directed by Robert Wise
- Rating
- 78/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Sand Pebbles (1966), directed by Robert Wise, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Steve McQueen
- Richard Attenborough
- Richard Crenna
- Candice Bergen
- Mako
- Larry Gates
- Charles Robinson
- Simon Oakland
- Ford Rainey
- Joe Turkel
Crew
- Joseph MacDonald — Director of Photography
- William Reynolds — Editor
- Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
- Robert Anderson — Screenplay
More from Robert Wise
- West Side Story (1961) — 96/100 · hit
- The Sound of Music (1965) — 84/100 · hit
- Executive Suite (1954) — 83/100 · hit
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — 81/100 · hit
- I Want to Live! (1958) — 81/100 · hit
- The Set-Up (1949) — 79/100
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