The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles


Year: 1966 | Running Time: 193 minutes

  • Blu-Ray Disc

    $29.99

    SAND PEBBLES / (WS DUB SUB AC3 DOL DTS CHK SEN)

  • DVD

    $15.99

    SAND PEBBLES (2PC) / (WS SPEC DUB SUB DOL SEN)

Steve McQueen received his only Academy Award nomination for his performance in this epic-scale war drama, based on the novel by Richard McKenna. In 1926, as China teeters on the edge of political revolution in the midst of a civil war, the USS San Pablo, is ordered to patrol the Yangtze River to ...more

The Sand Pebbles is a lengthy but engaging mix of romance, historical epic, political commentary, and adventure. Three years after his star-making turn in The Great Escape, Steve McQueen delivers what many consider his most complete performance, as the antisocial crewmember of an American ship docked in China during the civil war of 1926. Though it presents a rather generalized view of imperialism, Sand Pebbles makes obvious parallels between America's presence in China and its presence in ...more



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