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Saturday Cinema: The Sand Pebbles

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Steve McQueen
Richard Attenborough Candice Bergen and Richard Crenna. 1926: China is in the throes of civil war as Jake Holman , a ship's engineer, makes his way to join the USS San Pablo, a gunboat patrolling the Yangtze. Then comes the order to evacuate a group of American missionaries - the San Pablo, trapped in a dangerous bottleneck, must run the gauntlet in a spectacular river battle.
Screenplay by ROBERT ANDERSON Based on the novel by RICHARD MCKENNA
Produced and directed by ROBERT WISE
0 FILMS: page 24

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve McQueen
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough Candice Bergen
Unknown:
Richard Crenna.
Unknown:
Jake Holman
Unknown:
Robert Anderson
Novel By:
Richard McKenna
Directed By:
Robert Wise
Holman:
Steve McQueen
Frenchy:
Richard Attenborough
Collins:
Richard Crenna
Shirley:
Candice Bergen
Maily:
Marayat Andriane
Po-Han:
Mako
Jameson:
Larry Gates
Bordelles:
Charles Robinson
Strawski:
Simon Oakland
Harris:
Ford Rainey
Bronson:
Joe Turkel
Source: Radio Times

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