--- title: 'The Sand Pebbles (1966)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Wise' released: '1966-01-01' runtime_minutes: 179 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sand-pebbles-1966' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060934/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Sand Pebbles (1966) 1966 · PG-13 · 179 min · Drama, War · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Producer:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-anderson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith) - **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald) - **Editor:** [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds) ## Cast - [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright) - [Simon Oakland](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-oakland) - [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen) - [Ford Rainey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ford-rainey) - [Mako](https://cinepixo.com/people/mako) - [Joe Turkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-turkel) - [Paul Chun](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-chun) - [Richard Loo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-loo) - [Larry Duran](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-duran) - [Richard Crenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-crenna) - [Frank Coghlan, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-coghlan-jr) - [Larry Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gates) - [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough) - [Gavin MacLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-macleod) - [Gus Trikonis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gus-trikonis) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.thesandpebbles.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sand-pebbles-1966 Film facts: Wikidata (Q916287); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.