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Dave Karger Intro — The Sand Pebbles (1966)

TCM’s Dave Karger introduces The Sand Pebbles, 1966.

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Navy engineer Jake (Steve McQueen) acquaints himself with his new baby, the engine of the USS San Pablo, meeting his assistant Po-Han (Mako), then various shipmates, Simon Oakland as Stawski, Richard Attenborough as “Frenchy,” in 1926 China, in Robert Wise’s The Sand Pebbles, 1966.
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In a bordello in 1926 China, rude sailor Stawski (Simon Oakland) aims to have his way with Maily (Marayat Andriane, a.k.a. Emmanuelle Arsan), who’s supposed to be only a hostess, Frenchy (Richard Attenborough), supported by Jake (Steve McQueen), intervening, in The Sand Pebbles. 1966.
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Headed up the Yangtze in 1926 to a new ship, Navy engineer Jake (Steve McQueen) with the only other young American on board, Vermonter Shirley (Candice Bergen), whom he met the previous evening, early in Robert Wise’s The Sand Pebbles, 1966, from the Richard McKenna novel.

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