Where to Watch The Sand Pebbles Online

Need to watch 'The Sand Pebbles' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Robert Wise-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Sand Pebbles' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Sand Pebbles' right now, here are some specifics about the Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox drama flick.

Released December 20th, 1966, 'The Sand Pebbles' stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 3 hr 16 min, and received a user score of 72 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 244 well-known users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'The Sand Pebbles' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Microsoft Store, Vudu, Amazon Video, Apple iTunes, YouTube, and Google Play Movies .