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Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Mako

Po-han

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Jameson

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Stawski

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Harris

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

Joe Di Reda

Joe Di Reda

Shanahan

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Major Chin

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Franks

James Hong

James Hong

Victor Shu

Gus Trikonis

Gus Trikonis

Restorff

Emmanuelle Arsan

Emmanuelle Arsan

Maily

Shepherd Sanders

Shepherd Sanders

Perna

James Jeter

James Jeter

Farren

Tom Middleton

Tom Middleton

Jennings

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Cho-jen

Tommy Lee

Tommy Lee

Chien

Beulah Quo

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

Loren Janes

Coleman

Glenn R. Wilder

Glenn R. Wilder

Waldron

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Robert Kelly-Schleyer

Bosun's Mate (uncredited)

Robert Emhardt

Robert Emhardt

Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

Walter Reed

Walter Reed

Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Screenplay

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Director

Richard McKenna

Richard McKenna

Novel

William Reynolds

William Reynolds

Editor

Boris Leven

Boris Leven

Production Design

William Kiernan

William Kiernan

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

John Sturtevant

John Sturtevant

Set Decoration

Renié

Renié

Costume Design

Joseph MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

Del Acevedo

Del Acevedo

Makeup Artist

Margaret Donovan

Margaret Donovan

Hairstylist

Ben Nye

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

William Turner

William Turner

Makeup Artist

Saul Wurtzel

Saul Wurtzel

Unit Production Manager

Ridgeway Callow

Ridgeway Callow

Assistant Director

Charles H. Maguire

Charles H. Maguire

Second Unit Director

Bernard Freericks

Bernard Freericks

Sound

Murray Spivack

Murray Spivack

Sound

Douglas O. Williams

Douglas O. Williams

Sound

Ed Wynigear

Ed Wynigear

Wardrobe Master

David Tamkin

David Tamkin

Orchestrator

Lionel Newman

Lionel Newman

Conductor

Charles H. Maguire

Charles H. Maguire

Associate Producer

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Producer

Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Loren Janes

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Glenn R. Wilder

Glenn R. Wilder

Stunts

Larry Duran

Larry Duran

Stunts

Gil Perkins

Gil Perkins

Stunts

Bill Saito

Bill Saito

Stunts

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Executive Producer

Gerald Endler

Gerald Endler

Special Effects

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The Sand Pebbles

19667.2 / 10196 min
Drama, War

Overview

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.

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.