Steve McQueen
Jake Holman
1966•3h 16m•Released•EN
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“This is the heroic story of the men on the U.S.S. San Pablo who disturbed the sleeping dragon of savage China as the threatened world watched in breathless terror.”
Overview
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.
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Movie Details
Release Date
December 20, 1966
Runtime
3h 16m
Rating
7.2 / 10
Votes
295
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$20,000,000
Status
Released
Popularity
3.5
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