The Sand Pebbles

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Summary: In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.

Release Date: December 20, 1966

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Wise

Writers: Richard McKenna

, Robert Anderson

Runtime: 3 h 02 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Argyle Enterprises, Solar Productions, Robert Wise Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Television, The Criterion Channel, Magnetic Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Budget:$12M

Adaptation/remake:

based on novel

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11% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

24% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White76.47%Asian17.65%Latino5.88%

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prejudice, injustice, colonialism, imperialism

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