[bvw]

Saw the "Sand Pebbles" last night, first time. Great movie, except for the very end, which isn't up to the rest of the script, and was too preachy. The whole of the movie was a grand sermon, yet left an unescapably bad aftertaste for that hammy ending.

[Illbay]

The only thing I remember about the movie is that it starred Steve McQueen (one of my all-time faves), Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen (her first film role I think), it took place in China, and that "Sand Pebbles" was the nickname of their ship or gunboat or whatever, the "San Pueblo."