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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 20, 1966
Box Office
$20.0M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
1.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 15, 2001
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast
Full credits →S
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
R
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
R
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
C
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
M
Mako
Po-han
L
Larry Gates
Jameson
C
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
S
Simon Oakland
Stawski
F
Ford Rainey
Harris
J
Joe Turkel
Bronson
G
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
J
Joe Di Reda
Shanahan
R
Richard Loo
Major Chin
B
Barney Phillips
Franks
J
James Hong
Victor Shu
G
Gus Trikonis
Restorff
E
Emmanuelle Arsan
Maily
S
Shepherd Sanders
Perna
J
James Jeter
Farren
P
Paul Chun Pui
Cho-jen
