1966 • 3h 16m
72%
“This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who disturbed the sleeping dragon of savage China as the threatened world watched in breathless terror.”
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.
Drama
War
Release Date
12/20/1966
Status
Released
Original Title
The Sand Pebbles
Runtime
3h 16m
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$20,000,000
Language
EN
Production Companies
Robert Wise Productions
Solar Productions
20th Century Fox
