The Sand Pebbles

7.5

/10

3h 16m 13+Action & Adventure War Drama Romance

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.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 'ric... Read more

Starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, MAKO, Larry Gates, Charles Robinson, Simon Oakland, Ford Rainey, Joe Turkel

Watch "The Sand Pebbles" from streaming services Apple TV+ (itunes), Amazon released in 1966. It's a action & adventure and war movie, and has a rating of 7.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.