Ice Station Zebra

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

6.3

1968

2h 29m

ActionAdventureThriller

Director: John Sturges

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.

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Cast

Cdr. James Ferraday

Rock Hudson

Cdr. James Ferraday

Boris Vaslov

Ernest Borgnine

Boris Vaslov

David Jones

Patrick McGoohan

David Jones

Capt. Leslie Anders

Jim Brown

Capt. Leslie Anders

Lt. Russell Walker

Tony Bill

Lt. Russell Walker

Col. Ostrovsky

Alf Kjellin

Col. Ostrovsky

Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn

Lt. Jonathan Hansen

Ted Hartley

Lt. Jonathan Hansen

Lt. George Mills

Murray Rose

Lt. George Mills

Lt. Courtney Cartwright

Michael T. Mikler

Lt. Courtney Cartwright

Dr. Jack Benning

Joseph Bernard

Dr. Jack Benning

Russian Aide

Jonathan Goldsmith

Russian Aide

Reviews

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Rock Hudson captains an American nuclear submarine in this stolid adaptation of the Alistair McLean novel about international satellite espionage. A hammy Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine join the crew as the submarine heads to a British weather station in the Arctic that has stopped responding to communications and our adventure picks up as we try to discover the spy in their midst who tries to sabotage the submarine and the mission. Despite the millions spent on the effects and some Oscar-nominated underwater photography, it's terribly wooden and slow. By the time the end does come, I had kind of given up as the plots and sub-plots were all tripping over each other. At almost 2½ hours, it's way too long too.

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