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Ice Station Zebra

    Action
    Adventure
    Thriller
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Oct 23, 1968
Rated G

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$4,600,000
  • Budget
    $8,000,000
  • Vote Average
    6.2
  • Vote Count
    160
  • Popularity
    19
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Rock Hudson
Cdr. James Ferraday
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Ernest Borgnine
Boris Vaslov
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Patrick McGoohan
David Jones
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Jim Brown
Capt. Leslie Anders
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Tony Bill
Lt. Russell Walker
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Alf Kjellin
Col. Ostrovsky
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Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn
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Ted Hartley
Lt. Jonathan Hansen
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Murray Rose
Lt. George Mills
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Michael T. Mikler
Lt. Courtney Cartwright
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Joseph Bernard
Dr. Jack Benning
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Jonathan Goldsmith
Russian Aide
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Sherwood Price
Lt. Edgar Hackett
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Lee Stanley
Lt. Mitgang
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John Orchard
Survivor
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Jim Dixon
Earl MacAuliffe
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Ron Masak
Paul Zabrinczski
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Boyd Berlind
Bruce Kentner
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Craig Shreeve
Gafferty
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Wade Graham
Parker
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David Wendel
Cedric Patterson
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Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Lyle Nichols
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Ted Kristian
Wassmeyer
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Lloyd Haynes
Webson
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Michael Grossman
Kohler
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Buddy Garion
Edward Rawlins
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Don Newsome
Timothy Hirsch
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Robert Carlson
Kelvaney
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William O'Connell
Survivor
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Michael Rougas
Fannovich
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Gary Downey
Lorrison
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T. J. Escott
Lt. Carl Mingus
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Jed Allan
Peter Costigan
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Buddy Joe Hooker
Hill
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Lloyd Nolan
Admiral Garvey
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Jim Goodwin
Survivor
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William Byron Hillman
Philip Munsey
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Dennis Alpert
Gambetta
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Budd Albright
Seaman with torpedo accident (uncredited)
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John Breen
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Louie Elias
Maneuver Sergeant (uncredited)
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Ty Haller
Pvt. Grey (uncredited)
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James Jeter
2nd Barman (uncredited)
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Larry Strong
Wardroom Attendent (uncredited)
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Elliott Sullivan
Bartender (uncredited)

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Reviews

(1)
CinemaSerf
60%
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.