The Sand Pebbles

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. 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. Written by Martin H. Booda The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American English-language Adventure Drama film featuring Steve Mcqueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane, Mako and Robert Emhardt. The movie is inspired from The Sand Pebbles 1962 novel by Richard McKenna. The Sand Pebbles was Produced by Robert Wise. The Sand Pebbles is written by Richard Mckenna, Robert Anderson and Robert Woodruff Anderson and it is directed by Robert Wise. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Sand Pebbles was released on 20th December 1966 in English and Mandarin languages and takes a screen time of 182-196 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Sand Pebbles was made on a budget of $12 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $30 million. Cinematography was done by Joseph MacDonald and editing by William Reynolds. The music was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.