Ben Wright, Candice Bergen, Charles Robinson
Epic tale about the lives of crew members aboard a US gunboat, patrolling China's Yangtze River in 1926, that eventually gets caught up in the middle of that country's Civil War.
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001
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November 21, 2009An apathetic American sailor gets caught in the crossfire between ill-fated western colonialism and the Chinese revolution. A compelling drama full of passion and raw human decency, expertly directed by the legendary Robert Wise.
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May 4, 2009Really really okay. Some great parts, but overall it's another one of those melodramatic war films that were popular in the 50's & 60's
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August 24, 2008why is steve mcqueen mr cool? hell, i don't know. there aint much coolness exuding here. what there is, is a very slow start with a very long runtime that eventually builds into a half decent movie. mcqueen acts as well as required of his role and has his usual on screen prescence
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December 4, 2006I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?
Geez, now I'm gonna have to add Steve McQueen to my favorite actor list. Amazing how you can never seem to run out of movies to review here because you keep remembering yet another one you've seen.
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January 15, 2008Something of a forgotten epic. Major player in the 1966 Oscars and a major part of director Robert Wise?s career, but today not many people know about it. A story of a conflict that emerged in 1920s China, and the American sailors caught in the middle of it. It?s generally a p...( read more)
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August 16, 2009This is my favorite Steve McQueen movie ever. I loved the way how he portrayed being the "rebel" to a boat full of undisciplined lot and a laissez-faire captain. Quite a contradiction there. I always enjoyed watching the river battle of the crew and the Chinese. Cool movie al...( read more)
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August 15, 2009Very long but utterly absorbing film. This is probably Steve McQueen's best performance as a sailor who is followed by trouble no matter where he goes. And Richard McKenna as the suicidal captain who wants to go out in a blaze of military glory...he even sacrifices some of his me...( read more)
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