The Sand Pebbles
- Drama
- War
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
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
Mako
Po-han
Larry Gates
Jameson
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
Stawski
Ford Rainey
Harris
Joe Turkel
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
- Joe Di Reda
Joe Di Reda
Shanahan
Richard Loo
Major Chin
Barney Phillips
Franks
James Hong
Victor Shu
- Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis
Restorff
Emmanuelle Arsan
Maily
- Shepherd Sanders
Shepherd Sanders
Perna
James Jeter
Farren
- Tom Middleton
Tom Middleton
Jennings
Paul Chun Pui
Cho-jen
- Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
Chien
Beulah Quo
Mama Chunk
- Stephen Jahn
Stephen Jahn
Haythorn
- Alan Hopkins
Alan Hopkins
Wilsey
- Stephen Ferry
Stephen Ferry
Lamb
- Ted Fish
Ted Fish
Wellbeck
Loren Janes
Coleman
Glenn R. Wilder
Waldron
- Robert Kelly-Schleyer
Robert Kelly-Schleyer
Bosun's Mate (uncredited)
Robert Emhardt
Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
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