The Sand Pebbles

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drama film film war film

The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American war drama film set in 1920s China, starring Steve McQueen as a U.S. Navy machinist’s mate aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River.

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Label Occurrences
The Sand Pebbles canonical 13
The Sand Pebbles (1966 film) 2
The Sand Pebbles (novel) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Boris Leven ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Richard McKenna ⓘ
basedOn The Sand Pebbles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Sand Pebbles (novel)
characterRole Steve McQueen portrays Jake Holman ⓘ
cinematography Joseph MacDonald ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Dorothy Jeakins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting China ⓘ
director Robert Wise ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion United States theatrical release ⓘ
filmEditingBy William Reynolds ⓘ
filmingLocation Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
genre historical drama ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasSubject U.S. Navy presence in China ⓘ
cross-cultural relations ⓘ
gunboat diplomacy ⓘ
mainCharacter Jake Holman ⓘ
motionPictureRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrativeLocation Yangtze River ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Mako)
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Robert Wise ⓘ
productionCompany Seven Arts Productions ⓘ
Solar Productions ⓘ
releaseDate December 20, 1966 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 182 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Anderson ⓘ
setOn U.S. Navy gunboat ⓘ
starring Candice Bergen ⓘ
Charles Robinson ⓘ
Ford Rainey ⓘ
Larry Gates ⓘ
Mako ⓘ
Marayat Andriane ⓘ
Richard Attenborough ⓘ
Richard Crenna ⓘ
Simon Oakland ⓘ
Steve McQueen ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s ⓘ

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Gavin MacLeod → appearedIn → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Robert Wise → directed → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Robert Wise → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Candice Bergen → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
The Sand Pebbles (1966 film score) → basedOn → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sand Pebbles (1966 film)
The Sand Pebbles (1966 film score) → originallyComposedFor → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sand Pebbles (1966 film)
Allan Cuthbertson → appearedIn → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Steve McQueen → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Mako → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Richard Crenna → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Simon Oakland → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
Allan George See → appearedIn → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
The Sand Pebbles → basedOn → The Sand Pebbles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sand Pebbles (novel)
Joseph MacDonald → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
William H. Reynolds → notableWork → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ
William H. Reynolds → workedOn → The Sand Pebbles ⓘ