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Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra

An American nuclear sub... A sky full of Russian paratroopers... A race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!

19686.32h 29m

Overview

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.

Directed by John Sturges
Written by Douglas Heyes, Alistair MacLean, W.R. Burnett
Produced by Martin Ransohoff, John Calley
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0MRevenue: $4.6M

Top Cast

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Cdr. James Ferraday

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Boris Vaslov

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

David Jones

Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Capt. Leslie Anders

Tony Bill

Tony Bill

Lt. Russell Walker

Alf Kjellin

Alf Kjellin

Col. Ostrovsky

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn

Ted Hartley

Ted Hartley

Lt. Jonathan Hansen

Murray Rose

Murray Rose

Lt. George Mills

M

Michael T. Mikler

Lt. Courtney Cartwright

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booksubmarineespionagecold warsatellitearctic polar circle regioncommandingmetrocolorsuper panavision 70

About Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra is a action, adventure, thriller film released in 1968 exploring themes of based on novel or book, submarine, espionage, cold war, satellite, arctic polar circle region. Directed by John Sturges, it stars Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan. A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.

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