The Sand Pebbles (1966)

19663h 03mdir. Robert WiseUnited Statesdrama filmwar film

With Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako, Emmanuelle Arsan, Larry Gates, Barney Phillips

Directed by Robert Wise

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The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American epic war film directed by Robert Wise in Panavision, based on the novel of the same name by Richard McKenna. It tells the story of an independent, rebellious U.S. Navy machinist's mate first class, aboard the fictional river gunboat USS San Pablo, on Yangtze Patrol in 1920s China. The production was filmed on location in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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