Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. 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 sybiosis 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.

Disc 1:
Audio Commentary by Director Robert Wise and actors Candice Bergen, Mako & Richard Crenna Isolated score and FX with commentary by Music Producer Nick Redman, Film Music Historian Jon Burlingame, screenwriter (The Limey, Dark City) and Film Historian Lem Dobbs

Disc 2 (Side A):
Roadshow Version Feature
Robert Wise Roadshow Intro
Richard Zanuck Roadshow Intro

Disc 2 (Side B):
"The Making Of Sand Pebbles" Featurettes (view individually or play all)
Side Bars:
Steve McQueen Remembered
Robert Wise In Command
China 1926
From FOX Vault:
A Ship Called SAN PABLO- Narrated by Richard Attenborough
The Secret of the SAN PABLO- Narrated by Richard Crenna
Radio Documentaries Narrated by Richard Attenborough:
Changsha Bund and the Streets of Taipei
A Ship Called SAN PABLO Radio Spots: 2:00 of audio over static image Theatrical Trailer Still Galleries MAD Magazine's THE "SAM PEBBLES"