Ice Station Zebra

1968

ActionAdventureThriller

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.

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

Rating

6.25
168 votes

Popularity

1.1777

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Filmways Pictures,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Runtime

149 min.

Budget (M$)

4.6 / 8ROI 57%

Status

Released

Release: 10/23/1968

Credits

Ice Station Zebra

John SturgesDirector

Ice Station Zebra

Rock HudsonCdr. James Ferraday

Ice Station Zebra

Ernest BorgnineBoris Vaslov

Ice Station Zebra

Patrick McGoohanDavid Jones

Ice Station Zebra

Jim BrownCapt. Leslie Anders

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/3/2023

6 / 10

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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