The Sand Pebbles

Name: The Sand Pebbles
Genre: drama, war
Released: 1966
Duration: 196 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Mako

The Sand Pebbles (1966) — drama, war film. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen. This page maps 5 characters and 9 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 7.2/10 from 291 votes.

Interactive Features for The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 5 characters interconnect through 9 relationship links.
AI Story Visualization & Plot Analysis — AI-powered breakdown of story structure, emotional arcs, turning points, and narrative progression.

Story Analysis

A naval engineer's moral journey through war-torn China leads to love, conflict, and ultimate sacrifice.

Drama, War · 7.2/10 · 196 min · 1966

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.