Released:
1966-12-20

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.

Director:
Robert Wise

Runtime:
3h 16min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Steve McQueen
  as
  Jake Holman
• 
  Richard Attenborough
  as
  Frenchy Burgoyne
• 
  Richard Crenna
  as
  Captain Collins
• 
  Candice Bergen
  as
  Shirley Eckert
• 
  Mako
  as
  Po-han