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Name: The Sand Pebbles
Released: 1966-12-20
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane

The Sand Pebbles

PG-13
3h 3m
1966

85%

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The Sand Pebbles is a gripping adventure aboard an American gunboat on the Yangtze River at the very moment of China's awakening in the mid-1920's.

Director:

Robert Wise

Producer:

Robert Wise

Writer:

Robert Anderson

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat Andriane, Mako

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

85%

Reviews

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Eddie Harrison

...under Wise’s skilled direction, and with remarkable production values, it’s an absolute pleasure to watch...

When a movie is this big (and over three hours long) we sit there thinking, “What’s it all for?”

Though the conclusion is abrupt, the journey is riveting, with expert direction by Robert Wise and a proficient screenplay by Robert Anderson.

McQueen's character certainly represents anti-war sentiment, but in the end he is forced to accept his public role -- or possibly his duty -- the matter is ambiguous --and so dies for who knows what.

Steve McQueen gives a dominant performance in Robert Wise's ambitious but flawed period drama, which offers interesting parallels to the US involvment in Vietnam.

June 22, 2017

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