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''The Sand Pebbles'' is a film directed by Robert Wise, adapted from the eponymous 1962 novel by Richard McKenna and released in 1966. It starred [[Steve McQueen]], Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen. |
''[[The Sand Pebbles]]'' is a film directed by Robert Wise, adapted from the eponymous 1962 novel by Richard McKenna and released in 1966. It starred [[Steve McQueen]], Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen. |
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In 1926, as [[No More Emperors|China is in the throes of warlordism and anarchy]], [[The Engineer|Machinist's Mate 1st Class]] Jake Holman (McQueen) is transferred from the US Asiatic Fleet's flagship in [[Shanghai]] to the river gunboat ''San Pablo'', nicknamed the ''Sand Pebble'' by its crew. On the way, he meets Jameson, an idealistic missionary, and Shirley (Bergen), a young American woman who has just signed up for a teaching position in a missionary school. |
In 1926, as [[No More Emperors|China is in the throes of warlordism and anarchy]], [[The Engineer|Machinist's Mate 1st Class]] Jake Holman (McQueen) is transferred from the US Asiatic Fleet's flagship in [[Shanghai]] to the river gunboat ''San Pablo'', nicknamed the ''Sand Pebble'' by its crew. On the way, he meets Jameson, an idealistic missionary, and Shirley (Bergen), a young American woman who has just signed up for a teaching position in a missionary school. |
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Holman. |
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