The Sand Pebbles

19663h 16mEnglish

Accolades

8Oscar

Nominations

1Golden Globe

Win

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Genres

DramaWar

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Awards & Recognition

Awards Dominance

1

Wins

16

Nominations

Won

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture · Richard Attenborough

Full award breakdown

1967

Academy Awards

0Wins

8Noms

Nom

Actor

Steve McQueen

1967

Nom

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mako

1967

Nom

Art Direction (Color)

Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

1967

Nom

Best Picture

Robert Wise, Producer

1967

Nom

Cinematography (Color)

Joseph MacDonald

1967

Nom

Film Editing

William Reynolds

1967

Nom

Music (Original Music Score)

Jerry Goldsmith

1967

Nom

Sound

20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director

1967

1967

Golden Globes

1Wins

8Noms

◆ Won

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Richard Attenborough

1967

Nom

Best Director - Motion Picture

Robert Wise

1967

Nom

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Sand Pebbles

1967

Nom

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Jerry Goldsmith

1967

Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Steve McQueen

1967

Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Mako

1967

Nom

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Robert Anderson

1967

Nom

New Star Of The Year - Actress

Candice Bergen

1967

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Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Mako

Po-han

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

Jameson

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Stawski

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