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Summary

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

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Cast

  • Steve McQueen

    Steve McQueen

    Jake Holman

  • Richard Attenborough

    Richard Attenborough

    Frenchy Burgoyne

  • Richard Crenna

    Richard Crenna

    Captain Collins

  • Candice Bergen

    Candice Bergen

    Shirley Eckert

  • Mako

    Mako

    Po-han

  • Larry Gates

    Larry Gates

    Jameson

  • Charles Robinson

    Charles Robinson

    Ensign Bordelles

  • Simon Oakland

    Simon Oakland

    Stawski

  • Ford Rainey

    Ford Rainey

    Harris

  • Joe Turkel

    Joe Turkel

    Bronson

  • Gavin MacLeod

    Gavin MacLeod

    Crosley

  • Richard Loo

    Richard Loo

    Major Chin

  • Barney Phillips

    Barney Phillips

    Franks

  • James Hong

    James Hong

    Victor Shu

  • James Jeter

    James Jeter

    Farren

  • Paul Chun Pui

    Paul Chun Pui

    Cho-jen

  • Beulah Quo

    Beulah Quo

    Mama Chunk

  • Robert Emhardt

    Robert Emhardt

    Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)

  • Walter Reed

    Walter Reed

    Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)