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[[Category:Movie]]
{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}}
[[Category:War]]
|name = ''The Sand Pebbles''
[[Category:Drama]]
|picture = Pebbles.jpg
|caption = ''Movie poster''
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
|director = [[Robert Wise]]
|date= 1966
|language = English<BR>Mandarin
|studio=Robert Wise Productions<BR>Solar Productions
|distributor=Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
|character1=Jake Holman
|actor1=[[Steve McQueen]]
|character2=Shirley Eckert
|actor2=[[Candice Bergen]]
|character3=Frenchy Burgoyne
|actor3=[[Richard Attenborough]]
|character4=LT Collins
|actor4=[[Richard Crenna]]
|character5=Po-han
|actor5=[[Mako]]
|character6=Crosley
|actor6=[[Gavin MacLeod]]
|character7=CPO Franks
|actor7=[[Barney Phillips]]
|character8=Harris
|actor8=[[Ford Rainey]]
|character9=Ensign Bordelles
|actor9=[[Charles Knox Robinson]]
|character10=Bronson
|actor10=[[Joe Turkel]]
}}
'''''The Sand Pebbles''''' is a 1966 film covering the fictional river gunboat USS San Pablo, on Yangtze Patrol in 1926 China, which finds itself in conflict when the death of a hired local in a mechanical accident provokes problems with the native population.
{{Film Title|The Sand Pebbles}}


'''The following firearms can be viewed in ''The Sand Pebbles'' (1966):'''
[[Image:Pebbles.jpg|thumb|right|450px| ''The Sand Pebbles'' (1966)]]
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=Handguns=
== Star Model B ==
== Star Model B ==
As with many an older work, to avoid issues with .45 ACP blanks a [[Star Model B]] is used in lieu of the more accurate [[Colt M1911]] by carried by the US naval officers in the film. Note the external extractor, and the absence of a grip safety. The officers seen with the pistol include LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) and Chief Petty Officer Franks ([[Barney Phillips]]).
[[Image:StarBUntouchablesScreenGun.jpg|thumb|none|300px| Star Model B ]]
[[Image:Sand1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Petty Officer Franks ([[Barney Phillips]]) with a cutlass and a [[Star Model B]] during the repel boarders drill. Note that Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) is readying a hose. The hose shoots super-heated steam from the ship's boiler. An interesting and effective device at close range.]]
[[Image:Sand13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chief Petty Officer Franks ([[Barney Phillips]]) with his [[Star Model B]] during the battle on the Yangtze River. Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) is behind him with his [[Browning Automatic Rifle]].]]
[[Image:Sand15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) in action during the battle on the Yangtze River with his [[Star Model B]].]]
[[Image:Sand17.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Collins opens fire with the pistol as the crew battles rebels.]]
[[Image:Sand20.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) with his [[Star Model B]] during the rescue of the American missionaries.]]


This pistol is supposed to be a [[M1911 pistol series|Colt 1911]], however, it is actually a [[Star Model B]]. Note the external extractor, and the absence of a grip safety. The Star Model B fills in as the Colt 1911A1 throughout the movie.  
=Rifles=
[[Image:StarBUntouchablesScreenGun.jpg|thumb|none|400px| Star Model B ]]
== Springfield Model 1903 Rifle ==
The [[M1903 Springfield|M1903 Springfield Mk. 1]] is the rifle used aboard the USS ''San Pablo''.  The sailors seen with the rifle include Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]), Frenchy Burgoyne ([[Richard Attenborough]]) and Bronson ([[Joe Turkel]]).
[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]]
[[Image:Sand.jpg|thumb|400px|none|A publicity still shows Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) adjusting the sights on a M1903.]]
[[Image:Sand2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sailor holds an M1903 as the ''San Pablo'' crew conducts the repel boarders drill.]]
[[Image:Sand3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) and Frenchy Burgoyne ([[Richard Attenborough]]) carrying [[M1903 Springfield|M1903 Springfield Rifles]]. The shore party is led by Ensign Bordelles ([[Charles Knox Robinson]]).]]
[[Image:Sand6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) disengaging the safety on his [[M1903 Springfield]] as he tries to act when a laborer named Po-han is seen being tortured.]]
[[Image:Sand4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) takes aim with the rifle.]]


[[Image:Yangtse6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) as he is contemplating suicide with the Star Model B.This occurs just before the battle with the Chinese revolutionaries on the river.]]
==Mauser Model 1895==
[[Image:Sand1.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of the Pablo's petty officers with a cutless and a [[Star Model B]] during the repel boarders drill. Note that Jake Holam ([[Steve McQueen]]) is readying a hose. The hose shoots super heated steam from the ships boiler. An interesting and effective device at close range.]]
Chinese revolutionary troops are also armed with [[1895 Chilean Mauser]] rifles.
[[Image:Sand13.jpg|thumb|none|550px|One of the petty officers with his [[Star Model B]] during the battle on the Yangtze River. Jake Holam ([[Steve McQueen]]) is behind him with his [[Browning Automatic Rifle]].]]
[[Image:Mauser_1895_Rifle_Chile.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Fusil Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895 - 7x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Sand15.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]])in action during the battle on the Yangtze River with his [[Star Model B]].]]
[[File:SandP 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px]]
[[Image:Sand17.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[File:SandP 58.jpg|thumb|none|600px]]
[[Image:Sand20.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) with his [[Star Model B]] during the rescue of the American missionaries.]]


== Springfield Model 1903 Rifle ==
== Mauser Gewehr 1898 ==
Holman ([[Steve McQueen]])and many other U.S. Navy sailors are seen using the [[M1903 Springfield|M1903 Springfield Rifle Mk. 1]] rifle.
The Nationalist troops are seen with the [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]  
[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]]
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:SandP 50.jpg|thumb|none|600px]]
[[Image:Sand.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) adjusting the sights on a M1903. A publicity still.]]
[[File:SandPebbles1898.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Side shot of the rifles. Note the distinct large rear sight.]]
[[Image:Sand2.jpg|thumb|none|550px|The Pablo crew conducting the repel boarders drill.]]
[[Image:Sand3.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) and Frenchy Burgoyne ([[Richard Attenborough]]) carrying [[M1903 Springfield|M1903 Springfield Rifles]].]]
[[Image:Sand6.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) adjusting the sights on his [[M1903 Springfield]]. He is preparing to mercy kill one of the ships Chinese laborers who was caught on shore by revolutionaries and is now being tortured to death.]]
[[Image:Sand4.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) takes aim.]]


=Machine Guns=
== Browning Automatic Rifle ==
== Browning Automatic Rifle ==
The [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] is used by different characters throughout the movie but most memorably by Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) during the battle with the Chinese revolutionaries on the Yangtze River and Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) during the rescue of the American missionaires. The A2-style flash hider is anachronistic.
The [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] is used by different characters throughout the movie, but most memorably by both Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]), who uses it during the battle with the Chinese revolutionaries on the Yangtze River and LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]), who along with Holman are seen using the BAR during the rescue of the American missionaries. The A2-style flash hider is anachronistic.
[[Image:BARearlymodel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06]]
[[Image:BARearlymodel.jpg|thumb|none|460px|Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06]]
[[Image:Sand10.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) readies his [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] at the beginning of the battle on the Yangzte River.]]
[[Image:Sand10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Jake Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) readies his [[Browning Automatic Rifle]] at the beginning of the battle on the Yangtze River.]]
[[Image:Sand12.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[Image:Sand12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Holman with the BAR.]]
[[Image:Sand16.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) and his boarding party attack the Chinese on one of the junks blocking the river.]]
[[Image:Sand16.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) and his boarding party attack the Chinese on one of the junks blocking the river.]]
[[Image:Sand21.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) prepares to sacrifice himself so that the shore party can get away with the sole surviving American missionary.]]
[[File:SandP 56.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Harris ([[Ford Rainey]]) holds the BAR during the battle on the Yangtze River.]]
[[Image:Sand22.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Lt. Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) in action.]]
[[Image:Sand21.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) prepares to sacrifice himself so that the shore party can get away with the sole surviving American missionary Shirley Eckert ([[Candice Bergen]]).]]
[[Image:Sand22.jpg|thumb|none|600px|LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) in action with the BAR.]]


== Lewis Gun ==
== Lewis Gun ==
The [[Lewis Gun]] is used on the U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo. The Lewis gun was used by the U.S. Navy and United States Marines during the years between the two world wars. The American version was chambered for 30-06 however and not British .303.
The [[Lewis Gun]] is used on the U.S. Navy gunboat USS San Pablo. The Lewis gun was used by the U.S. Navy and United States Marines during the years between the two world wars. The American version was chambered for 30-06 however and not British .303.
[[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Lewis gun ]]
[[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Lewis gun ]]
[[Image:Sand5.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[Image:Sand5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seaman Crosley ([[Gavin MacLeod]]) mans the [[Lewis Gun]] on the command deck while Ensign Bordelles ([[Charles Knox Robinson]]) and LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) watch the revolutionaries torture Po-han ([[Mako]]). ]]
[[Image:Sand8.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[Image:Sand8.jpg|thumb|none|601px|LT Collins ([[Richard Crenna]]) takes over the [[Lewis Gun]] when Crosley ([[Gavin MacLeod]]) refuses to fire a warning burst at Chinese protesters, who are demanding that Holman ([[Steve McQueen]]) be turned over for trial by the revolutionaries.]]
[[Image:Sand18.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[File:SandP 25.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Seaman Bronson ([[Joe Turkel]]) tells LT Collins that his Lewis gun is jammed.]]
[[Image:Sand18.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Lewis Gun]] in action during the battle on the Yangtze River. Note that it has been removed from its mount and is being used as a squad automatic weapon.]]


== Deck Guns ==
=Other=
There is an unidentified deck gun on the U.S. San Pablo and it is sued during the battle with the Chinese students/revolutionaries on the Yangtze River. It appears to be a three inch gun (75mm) but I am unable to positively identify it. Much of the movie was filmed in Hong King and Taiwan so it is a distinct possibility that the gun is actually British in origin. The Chinese revolutionaries also have a deck gun on one of the Junks and it is used against the San Pablo during the battel on the Yangtze River. It appears to be an old blackpowder smoothbore cannon.Possibly an old 12 pounder Napoleon.
== 3"/23 caliber gun ==
[[Image:Sand9.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
The deck gun on the San Pablo is a 3"/23 caliber gun.  
[[Image:Sand11.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[Image:Sand9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:Sand14.jpg|thumb|none|550px|]]
[[Image:Sand11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
 
== Black Powder Deck Gun ==
The Chinese revolutionaries also have a deck gun on one of the junks and it is used against the San Pablo during the battle on the Yangtze River. It appears to be an old blackpowder smooth bore cannon. Possibly an old 12 pounder Napoleon.
[[Image:Sand14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
 
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 29 July 2023


The Sand Pebbles
Movie poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Robert Wise
Release Date 1966
Language English
Mandarin
Studio Robert Wise Productions
Solar Productions
Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Main Cast
Character Actor
Jake Holman Steve McQueen
Shirley Eckert Candice Bergen
Frenchy Burgoyne Richard Attenborough
LT Collins Richard Crenna
Po-han Mako
Crosley Gavin MacLeod
CPO Franks Barney Phillips
Harris Ford Rainey
Ensign Bordelles Charles Knox Robinson
Bronson Joe Turkel


The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 film covering the fictional river gunboat USS San Pablo, on Yangtze Patrol in 1926 China, which finds itself in conflict when the death of a hired local in a mechanical accident provokes problems with the native population.
The following weapons were used in the film The Sand Pebbles:


Handguns

Star Model B

As with many an older work, to avoid issues with .45 ACP blanks a Star Model B is used in lieu of the more accurate Colt M1911 by carried by the US naval officers in the film. Note the external extractor, and the absence of a grip safety. The officers seen with the pistol include LT Collins (Richard Crenna) and Chief Petty Officer Franks (Barney Phillips).

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Star Model B
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Chief Petty Officer Franks (Barney Phillips) with a cutlass and a Star Model B during the repel boarders drill. Note that Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) is readying a hose. The hose shoots super-heated steam from the ship's boiler. An interesting and effective device at close range.
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Chief Petty Officer Franks (Barney Phillips) with his Star Model B during the battle on the Yangtze River. Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) is behind him with his Browning Automatic Rifle.
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LT Collins (Richard Crenna) in action during the battle on the Yangtze River with his Star Model B.
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Collins opens fire with the pistol as the crew battles rebels.
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LT Collins (Richard Crenna) with his Star Model B during the rescue of the American missionaries.

Rifles

Springfield Model 1903 Rifle

The M1903 Springfield Mk. 1 is the rifle used aboard the USS San Pablo. The sailors seen with the rifle include Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), Frenchy Burgoyne (Richard Attenborough) and Bronson (Joe Turkel).

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Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06
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A publicity still shows Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) adjusting the sights on a M1903.
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A sailor holds an M1903 as the San Pablo crew conducts the repel boarders drill.
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Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) and Frenchy Burgoyne (Richard Attenborough) carrying M1903 Springfield Rifles. The shore party is led by Ensign Bordelles (Charles Knox Robinson).
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Holman (Steve McQueen) disengaging the safety on his M1903 Springfield as he tries to act when a laborer named Po-han is seen being tortured.
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Holman (Steve McQueen) takes aim with the rifle.

Mauser Model 1895

Chinese revolutionary troops are also armed with 1895 Chilean Mauser rifles.

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Fusil Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895 - 7x57mm Mauser
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Mauser Gewehr 1898

The Nationalist troops are seen with the Mauser Gewehr 1898

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Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Side shot of the rifles. Note the distinct large rear sight.

Machine Guns

Browning Automatic Rifle

The Browning Automatic Rifle is used by different characters throughout the movie, but most memorably by both Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), who uses it during the battle with the Chinese revolutionaries on the Yangtze River and LT Collins (Richard Crenna), who along with Holman are seen using the BAR during the rescue of the American missionaries. The A2-style flash hider is anachronistic.

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Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06
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Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) readies his Browning Automatic Rifle at the beginning of the battle on the Yangtze River.
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Holman with the BAR.
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Holman (Steve McQueen) and his boarding party attack the Chinese on one of the junks blocking the river.
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Harris (Ford Rainey) holds the BAR during the battle on the Yangtze River.
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LT Collins (Richard Crenna) prepares to sacrifice himself so that the shore party can get away with the sole surviving American missionary Shirley Eckert (Candice Bergen).
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LT Collins (Richard Crenna) in action with the BAR.

Lewis Gun

The Lewis Gun is used on the U.S. Navy gunboat USS San Pablo. The Lewis gun was used by the U.S. Navy and United States Marines during the years between the two world wars. The American version was chambered for 30-06 however and not British .303.

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Lewis gun
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Seaman Crosley (Gavin MacLeod) mans the Lewis Gun on the command deck while Ensign Bordelles (Charles Knox Robinson) and LT Collins (Richard Crenna) watch the revolutionaries torture Po-han (Mako).
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LT Collins (Richard Crenna) takes over the Lewis Gun when Crosley (Gavin MacLeod) refuses to fire a warning burst at Chinese protesters, who are demanding that Holman (Steve McQueen) be turned over for trial by the revolutionaries.
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Seaman Bronson (Joe Turkel) tells LT Collins that his Lewis gun is jammed.
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The Lewis Gun in action during the battle on the Yangtze River. Note that it has been removed from its mount and is being used as a squad automatic weapon.

Other

3"/23 caliber gun

The deck gun on the San Pablo is a 3"/23 caliber gun.

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Black Powder Deck Gun

The Chinese revolutionaries also have a deck gun on one of the junks and it is used against the San Pablo during the battle on the Yangtze River. It appears to be an old blackpowder smooth bore cannon. Possibly an old 12 pounder Napoleon.

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