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.
| Writing | Robert Anderson | Screenplay |
| Directing | Robert Wise | Director |
| Writing | Richard McKenna | Novel |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Art | Boris Leven | Production Design |
| Art | William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | John Sturtevant | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renié | Costume Design |
| Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Del Acevedo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Donovan | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Saul Wurtzel | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Bernard Freericks | Sound |
| Sound | Murray Spivack | Sound |
| Sound | Douglas O. Williams | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Wynigear | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| 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 | Larry Duran | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Production | Steve McQueen | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Gerald Endler | Special Effects |
