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Hollywood at Home: The Sand Pebbles

Steve McQueen stars as an engineer aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, patrolling the Yangtze river in revolution-torn China in 1926. Sunday at 2 p.m. on PBS 6 by Colleen Greer

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Jake Holman is the engineer aboard the USS San Pablo on the Yangtzee River in 1926. The ship is nicknamed the Sand Pebble, so its crew is known as the Sand Pebbles. China is in the midst of a turbulent revolution, reflecting Jake’s general relationship with his captain, other sailors, the politics and economics around him, and himself. As a contentious person with a temper, Jake is a natural target for a corrupt system, frightened fighters on all sides, and his captain’s own crises.

Hollywood at Home presents The Sand Pebbles, Sunday at 2 p.m. on PBS 6.

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