The Sand Pebbles (1966)

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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release: 1966-12-20
Director: Robert Wise (I) (1914–2005)
Writers: Richard McKenna , Robert Anderson
Language: English | Mandarin
Stars: Steve McQueen (I) (1930–1980) , Richard Attenborough (1923–2014) , Richard Crenna , Candice Bergen , Emmanuelle Arsan , Mako , Larry Gates (I) (1915–1996) , Charles Robinson , Simon Oakland (1915–1983) , Ford Rainey
Runtime: 182 min
Awards: Nominated for 8 Oscars. 2 wins & 21 nominations total
AKA: Kanonbåten San Pablo (Norway) , La canonnière du Yang-Tsé (France, French Republic) , The Sand Pebbles (Canada) , Ta votsala tis ammou (Greece) , Homokkavicsok (Hungary) , The Sand Pebbles (United Kingdom) , Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang (Germany) , O Canhoneiro do Yang-Tsé (Brazil) , Houkan San Paburo (Japan) , The Sand Pebbles (Australia) , Песъчинки (Bulgaria) , Tykkivene Jangtse-joella (Finland) , El cañonero del Yangtzé (Mexico) , Pietricelele de nisip (Romania) , El cañonero del Yangtze (Chile) , 聖保羅炮艇 (Taiwan) , El Yangtsé en llamas (Spain) , El Yang-Tsé en llamas (Argentina) , 砲艦サンパブロ (Japan) , The Sand Pebbles (Canada) , Песчаная галька , El Yang-Tsé en llamas (Spain) , Kanonbåden San Pablo (Denmark) , Yang-Tsé em Chamas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Sand Pebbles (Singapore) , The Sand Pebbles (United States of America) , Quelli della San Pablo (Italy) , Canoniera de pe Yangtze (Romania) , Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang , Macera gemisi (Turkey) , El Yang-Tsé en llamas (Colombia) , Kanonbåten San Pablo (Sweden) , The Sand Pebbles , The Sand Pebbles (India) , Ziarnka piasku (Poland) , Τα βότσαλα της άμμου (Greece)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0060934