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Ice Station Zebra

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

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G 1968 · 2h 29m
Adventure, Thriller
Starring Rock Hudson · Ernest Borgnine · Patrick McGoohan
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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, is dispatched to save them.

Theatrical
Oct 23, 1968
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 11, 2005
Box Office
$4.6M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
0.6x
Director
John Sturges
Writers
Douglas Heyes, W.R. Burnett
Producers
Martin Ransohoff, John Calley, James C. Pratt
Music
Michel Legrand
Studio
Filmways Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
submarine based on novel or book cold war satellite espionage arctic polar circle region commanding
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Cast

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R
Rock Hudson
Cdr. James Ferraday
E
Ernest Borgnine
Boris Vaslov
P
Patrick McGoohan
David Jones
J
Jim Brown
Capt. Leslie Anders
T
Tony Bill
Lt. Russell Walker
A
Alf Kjellin
Col. Ostrovsky
G
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn
T
Ted Hartley
Lt. Jonathan Hansen
M
Murray Rose
Lt. George Mills
M
Michael T. Mikler
Lt. Courtney Cartwright
J
Joseph Bernard
Dr. Jack Benning
J
Jonathan Goldsmith
Russian Aide
S
Sherwood Price
Lt. Edgar Hackett
L
Lee Stanley
Lt. Mitgang
J
John Orchard
Survivor
J
Jim Dixon
Earl MacAuliffe
R
Ron Masak
Paul Zabrinczski
C
Craig Shreeve
Gafferty
R
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Lyle Nichols
T
Ted Kristian
Wassmeyer
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Race for the Secret at Ice Station Zebra
Taglines An American nuclear sub.. a sky full of Russian paratroopers—and a race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Importance of Remembering Names
Taglines Ice Station Zebra"... Remember The Name—Your Life May Depend On It!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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