I’m one of the few people who didn’t like Sand Pebbles.
Richard Crenna tops my list of most hated actors, along with Ronald Coleman. I thought McQueen’s character came off as blank-faced and stupid.
I think McQueen played a very credible sailor, an ideal machinist mate. I’ll always remember him in that role.
Certainly the last third of the money had a kind of ridiculous plot and that’s where Richard Crenna did most of his acting.