The Sand Pebbles

Name: The Sand Pebbles
Director: Robert Wise
Released: 1966
Duration: 182 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Emmanuelle Arsan

1966 · 182 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 17,091 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,431 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:05:13 - You got orders? - Yeah.

00:09:47 and with the hope that perhaps you can understand what's going on

00:16:04 Well, Shanghai slowed me up a little bit. Had a hell of a time tryin' to find you.

00:22:29 Holman. Welcome aboard. I'm Wellbeck, your mustering Chief Petty Officer.

00:28:24 - Yeah. - Come on. I'll show you.

00:35:40 Gimme the wrench.

00:42:48 Didn't he say nothing about Chien?

00:46:59 What's the matter? Wait. What's the matter?

00:51:16 No, no, the engine's OK. I'll teach you how to run it right. Come here.

00:57:13 Looks like you ain't runnin' this ship after all, Lop-eye.

01:01:50 Listen to me. He's gonna try to hurt you.

01:06:54 - Jake, if we lose fight, you lose money? - Three. Four.

01:12:40 It is an accident of history that we in the San Pablo are the first American armed unit

01:18:21 We heard you were taking the missionaries all the way down to Hankow.

01:31:00 - Engine ahead one third. - Engine ahead one third.

01:39:13 Shu?

01:44:33 Oh, sure, I'm gonna pay some money, but I'm not buying you.

01:49:22 He said "If you'll sign this paper saying you brought the booze, that'll be that."

01:57:19 - Ski, the bonehead, dumped it in the furnace. - The Captain told me to get rid of it.

02:07:20 You go back to your ship.

02:17:23 Underjust and equal law of nations

02:26:36 Man your battle stations.

02:39:08 - Captain, I can't do that. - That's all. That's an order.

02:43:31 Cho-jen was killed at the boom. Soldiers are coming to get you. You must go.

Cast & Characters

Steve McQueen Jake Holman Richard Attenborough Frenchy Burgoyne Richard Crenna Captain Collins Candice Bergen Shirley Eckert Emmanuelle Arsan Maily Mako Po-han Larry Gates Jameson Charles Robinson Ensign Bordelles Simon Oakland Stawski Ford Rainey Harris

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,431

Dialogue density7.9 lines / min

First line00:05:13

Final line02:43:31

Production Record

DirectorRobert Wise

LanguageEnglish

Budget$12,000,000

Revenue$20,000,000

IMDb votes17,091