In 1926 probeert China, na roerige tijden met warlords met een revolutie, uit het dal te komen. Een engineer op een Amerikaan marineschip ontmoet een missielerares op wie hij verliefd wordt, waardoor hij een andere kijk krijgt op de rol van Amerika in China.
Nee, helaas is The Sand Pebbles nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Robert Wise | Director |
| Writing | Richard McKenna | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Anderson | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renié | Costume Design |
| Art | William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Art | John Sturtevant | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Acevedo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Donovan | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Bernard Freericks | Sound |
| Sound | Douglas O. Williams | Sound |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Sound | Murray Spivack | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Wynigear | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Production | Charles H. Maguire | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert Wise | Producer |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Larry Duran | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Production | Steve McQueen | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Gerald Endler | Special Effects |
