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
Year: 1966 | Running Time: 193 minutes
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Blu-Ray Disc
$29.99SAND PEBBLES / (WS DUB SUB AC3 DOL DTS CHK SEN)
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DVD
$15.99SAND PEBBLES (2PC) / (WS DUB SPEC SUB DOL SEN)
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
- Steve McQueen - Jake Holman
- Richard Attenborough - Frenchy Burgoyne
- Richard Crenna - Lt. Collins
- Candice Bergen - Shirley Eckert
- Marayat Andriane - Maily
- Joe di Reda - Shanahan
- Loren Janes - Coleman
- Alan Hopkins - Wilsey
- Ted Fish - CPO Wellbeck
- Charles Knox Robinson III - Ensign Bordelles
- Stephen Ferry - Lamb
- Glenn Wilder - Waldron
- Walter Reed - Bidder
- Ben Wright - Englishman
- Robert Wise - Director
- Robert Wise - Producer
- Robert Anderson - Screenwriter
- Richard McKenna - Book Author
- Renie - Costume Designer
- William H. Reynolds - Editor
- Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score)
- Lionel Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Del Acevedo - Makeup
- William Turner - Makeup
- Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup
- William Kiernan - Production Designer
- John Sturtevant - Production Designer
- Boris Leven - Production Designer












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