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: 1966-12-20
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | Screenplay |
Robert Anderson
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| Novel |
Richard McKenna
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| Directing | Director |
Robert Wise
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| Assistant Director |
Ridgeway Callow
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| Second Unit Director |
Charles H. Maguire
|
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| Editing | Editor |
William Reynolds
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| Art | Production Design |
Boris Leven
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| Set Decoration |
William Kiernan
Walter M. Scott
John Sturtevant
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| Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Renié
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| Makeup Artist |
Del Acevedo
Ben Nye
William Turner
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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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| Production | Unit Production Manager |
Saul Wurtzel
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| Associate Producer |
Charles H. Maguire
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| Producer |
Robert Wise
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| Executive Producer |
Steve McQueen
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| Sound | Sound |
Bernard Freericks
Murray Spivack
Douglas O. Williams
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| Orchestrator |
David Tamkin
|
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| Conductor |
Lionel Newman
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| Original Music Composer |
Jerry Goldsmith
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| Crew | Stunt Double |
Loren Janes
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| Stunts |
Glenn R. Wilder
Larry Duran
Gil Perkins
Bill Saito
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| Special Effects |
Gerald Endler
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