Ice Station Zebra

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

Oct 23 1968 G 2h 28m
Adventure, Thriller

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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Plot

Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed.

Written by

Alistair MacLean, Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink

Directed by

John Sturges

Cast

Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Filmways Pictures

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

Trailers
Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra (1968) - Trailer HD 1080p
Featurettes
Alan Spencer on ICE STATION ZEBRA
Scores
# of Votes
12,358
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
49
Popularity
NA