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.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie is a war drama set in 1926 China. The only detected element is a 'Holiday Release,' which is irrelevant to the narrative content. There are no meaningful connections to Christmas setting, plot, themes, or iconography."
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