The Sand Pebbles (1966), directed by Robert Wise, stars Steve McQueen with Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna and Candice Bergen. In 1926 China, a US Navy engineer aboard a gunboat on the Yangtze River is caught between duty and conscience as revolution sweeps the country. McQueen earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the role. This Classic Cinema Vault 4K restoration is restored frame by frame for the highest possible image quality. Ships worldwide from Classic Cinema Vault.