Based on the book by Richard McKenna, The Sand Pebbles tells the tale of an American gunboat on patrol in 1926 China. Director Robert Wise (The Day The Earth Stood Still, Star Trek: The Motion Picture ...
Out of the 1926 political and military turmoil in China, producer-director Robert Wise has created a sensitive, personal drama, set against a background of old style US Navy gunboat diplomacy. The ...