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The Sand Pebbles

7.219663h 16mMovieDramaWar

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'…

DirectorRobert Wise
WriterRobert Anderson
ProducersRobert Wise·Steve McQueen

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Cast · Directed by Robert Wise

SMSteve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
RARichard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
RCRichard Crenna
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
CBCandice Bergen
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
MMako
Mako
Po-han
LGLarry Gates
Larry Gates
Jameson
CRCharles Robinson
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
SOSimon Oakland
Simon Oakland
Stawski
FRFord Rainey
Ford Rainey
Harris
JTJoe Turkel
Joe Turkel
Bronson
GMGavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
JR
Joe Di Reda
Shanahan

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