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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!"

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.

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

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 3, 2023

    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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