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.
Directed by Robert Wise
china
missionary
u.s. navy
chinese
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3.6 / 5
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Cast
Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
Richard Attenborough
Frenchy Burgoyne
Richard Crenna
Captain Collins
Candice Bergen
Shirley Eckert
Mako
Po-han
Larry Gates
Jameson
Charles Robinson
Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland
Stawski
Ford Rainey
Harris
Joe Turkel
Bronson
Gavin MacLeod
Crosley
Richard Loo
Major Chin
Crew
Robert Wise
Director
Robert Anderson
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Robert Wise
Producer
Steve McQueen
Executive Producer
Boris Leven
Production Design
Renié
Costume Design
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Bill Saito
Stunts
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Soph
2.0★ · 05/15/23
is okay i guess
is okay i guess
JMadson
6.2★ · 12/15/21
So many movies would be so much better 30-45 minutes shorter and this is one of them. I like this movie and I really like Steve McQueen and especially Richard Attenborough and his Frenchy. But for the most part this is a typical military are we doing the right thing story that outside of the great look doesn’t do much too stand out as a story.
So many movies would be so much better 30-45 minutes shorter and this is one of them. I like this movie and I really like Steve McQueen and especially Richard Attenborough and his Frenchy. But for the most part this is a typical military are we doing the right thing story that outside of the great look doesn’t do much too stand out as a story.
