![Poster of the movie The Sand Pebbles](/images/posters/1000x1500/43/the-sand-pebbles-1966-us-poster.jpg)
1966 War drama
USA
2h 59min
PG-13
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In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River during the clashes between Chiang Kai-shek's communists and Chinese warlords. Eight-year veteran machinist Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), new to the self-named "sand pebbles" crew, immediately draws deep suspicion due to his independent streak. Ordered to protect Americans, including schoolteacher Shirley Eckhart (Candice Bergen), Jake and the gunboat crew are unwittingly drawn into a bitter nationalistic feud that holds grim consequences.
Directed by | Robert Wise |
Written by | Richard McKenna, Robert Anderson |
Company | 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox20th Century Fox |