The Sand Pebbles
(1966) 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. | Released
Ratings
7.2
7.7
93%
Financials
Revenue: $20,000,000
Budget: $12,000,000
Profit: + $8,000,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: 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.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Dec 20, 1966
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 3h 16m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Robert Wise Productions , Solar Productions , 20th Century Fox
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Directing | Director |
Robert Wise
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| Second Unit Director |
Charles H. Maguire
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| Assistant Director |
Ridgeway Callow
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| Production | Producer |
Robert Wise
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| Associate Producer |
Charles H. Maguire
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| Unit Production Manager |
Saul Wurtzel
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| Art | Production Design |
Boris Leven
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| Set Decoration |
Walter M. Scott
John Sturtevant
William Kiernan
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| Sound | Original Music Composer |
Jerry Goldsmith
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| Sound |
Murray Spivack
Bernard Freericks
Douglas O. Williams
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| Conductor |
Lionel Newman
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| Orchestrator |
David Tamkin
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| Editing | Editor |
William Reynolds
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| Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Ben Nye
William Turner
Del Acevedo
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| Costume Design |
Renié
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| Hairstylist |
Margaret Donovan
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| Wardrobe Master |
Ed Wynigear
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| Camera | Director of Photography |
Joseph MacDonald
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| Writing | Screenplay |
Robert Anderson
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| Novel |
Richard McKenna
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| Crew | Stunts |
Glenn R. Wilder
Bill Saito
Larry Duran
Gil Perkins
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| Stunt Double |
Loren Janes
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| Special Effects |
Gerald Endler
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