Synopsis

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.

Cast

Steve McQueen

Jake Holman

Richard Attenborough

Frenchy Burgoyne

Richard Crenna

Captain Collins

Candice Bergen

Shirley Eckert

Mako

Po-han

Larry Gates

Jameson

Charles Robinson

Ensign Bordelles

Simon Oakland

Stawski

Ford Rainey

Harris

Joe Turkel

Bronson

Gavin MacLeod

Crosley

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Joe Di Reda

Shanahan

Richard Loo

Major Chin

Barney Phillips

Franks

James Hong

Victor Shu

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Gus Trikonis

Restorff

Emmanuelle Arsan

Maily

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Shepherd Sanders

Perna

James Jeter

Farren

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Tom Middleton

Jennings

Paul Chun Pui

Cho-jen

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Tommy Lee

Chien

Beulah Quo

Mama Chunk

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Stephen Jahn

Haythorn

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