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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Richard McKenna (novel)
Robert Anderson (screenplay)
Release Date:
20 December 1966 (USA) more
Tagline:
THE STORY OF MEN...men who disturbed the sleeping dragon of China as the world watched in terror! more
Plot:
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
"10 Rillington Place" Now At Film Forum, New York
(From CinemaRetro. 27 June 2009, 11:04 AM, PDT)
Candice Bergen And Steve McQueen's Family Attend Lincoln Center Screening Of "The Sand Pebbles"
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User Comments:
Great Movie! more (79 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Steve McQueen | ... | Jake Holman |
 | Richard Attenborough | ... | Frenchy Burgoyne |
 | Richard Crenna | ... | Captain Collins |
 | Candice Bergen | ... | Shirley Eckert |
 | Emmanuelle Arsan | ... | Maily (as Marayat Andriane) |
 | Mako | ... | Po-han |
| Larry Gates | ... | Jameson |
| Charles Robinson | ... | Ensign Bordelles |
| Simon Oakland | ... | Stawski |
| Ford Rainey | ... | Harris |
| Joe Turkel | ... | Bronson |
 | Gavin MacLeod | ... | Crosley |
| Joe Di Reda | ... | Shanahan (as Joseph di Reda) |
| Richard Loo | ... | Major Chin |
| Barney Phillips | ... | Franks |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and sexual material.
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Runtime:
182 min | UK:243 min (BBFC submission before censorship) | Sweden:193 min | USA:196 min (roadshow version)
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2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Norway:11 (DVD rating) (2006) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #21310) (original rating) | Brazil:14 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (2000) | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Trivia:
Steve McQueen got his only nomination for an Academy Award (Best Actor) for this film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Upon seeing the boom in the river, the Captain (Richard Crenna) leans forward grabbing the forward handrail. In the next scene, he again leans forward grabbing the forward handrail. more
Quotes:
Jake Holman: [Holman enters the engine room after boarding the San Pablo. He looks around the room, smiles and places his hand on the machinery] Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003) more
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This is just one exceptional movie. One of my all time classics.
An examination of the little-known or understood tensions and political ramifications of being aboard an American gunboat, in the 1920's, in the China backwater.
The atmosphere and the story are superb.
Steve McQueen has never been better as Jake Holman, a hard-nosed American sailor, with his own code of right and wrong. His character absolutely dominates the movie. This is the type of character he was born to play.
Richard Crenna's ship Captain was perfect: smug, self-involved, deluded about his patriotism, but a decent man caught in a confusing, thankless, possibly deadly situation.
The rest of the cast in this is tremendous, especially Richard Attenborough, Candace Bergen, Simon Oakland, and Mako.
An absolutely superior film!