The Sand Pebbles [5923] Released: 1966-12-20 Revenue: $20,000,000 Budget: $12,000,000 Profit: $8,000,000 Runtime: 196 mins Popularity: 1.8213 Vote Average: 7.205 Vote Count: 256 Overview: 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. Cast [32] Steve McQueenJake Holman Richard AttenboroughFrenchy Burgoyne Richard CrennaCaptain Collins Candice BergenShirley Eckert MakoPo-han Larry GatesJameson Charles RobinsonEnsign Bordelles Simon OaklandStawski Ford RaineyHarris Joe TurkelBronson Gavin MacLeodCrosley Joe Di RedaShanahan Richard LooMajor Chin Barney PhillipsFranks James HongVictor Shu Gus TrikonisRestorff Emmanuelle ArsanMaily Shepherd SandersPerna James JeterFarren Tom MiddletonJennings Paul Chun PuiCho-jen Tommy LeeChien Beulah QuoMama Chunk Stephen JahnHaythorn Alan HopkinsWilsey Stephen FerryLamb Ted FishWellbeck Loren JanesColeman Glenn R. WilderWaldron Robert Kelly-SchleyerBosun's Mate Robert EmhardtOfficer on San Pablo Walter ReedBidder at Red Kettle Trailers The Sand Pebbles Trailer Alan Spencer on THE SAND PEBBLES