Ice Station Zebra
An American nuclear sub... A sky full of Russian paratroopers... A race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!
1968 | 149m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | John Sturges |
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| Writer: | Douglas Heyes, Alistair MacLean, W.R. Burnett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 23, 1968 |
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| Director: | John Sturges |
| Writer: | Douglas Heyes, Alistair MacLean, W.R. Burnett |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Thriller |
| Keywords | submarine, based on novel or book, cold war, satellite, espionage, arctic polar circle region |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Filmways Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,600,000
Budget: $8,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rock Hudson | Cdr. James Ferraday |
| Ernest Borgnine | Boris Vaslov |
| Patrick McGoohan | David Jones |
| Jim Brown | Capt. Leslie Anders |
| Tony Bill | Lt. Russell Walker |
| Alf Kjellin | Col. Ostrovsky |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn |
| Ted Hartley | Lt. Jonathan Hansen |
| Murray Rose | Lt. George Mills |
| Michael T. Mikler | Lt. Courtney Cartwright |
| Joseph Bernard | Dr. Jack Benning |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Russian Aide |
| Sherwood Price | Lt. Edgar Hackett |
| Lee Stanley | Lt. Mitgang |
| John Orchard | Survivor |
| Jim Dixon | Earl MacAuliffe |
| Ron Masak | Paul Zabrinczski |
| Boyd Berlind | Bruce Kentner |
| Craig Shreeve | Gafferty |
| Wade Graham | Parker |
| David Wendel | Cedric Patterson |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Lyle Nichols |
| Ted Kristian | Wassmeyer |
| Lloyd Haynes | Webson |
| Michael Grossman | Kohler |
| Buddy Garion | Edward Rawlins |
| Don Newsome | Timothy Hirsch |
| Robert Carlson | Kelvaney |
| William O'Connell | Survivor |
| Michael Rougas | Fannovich |
| Gary Downey | Lorrison |
| T. J. Escott | Lt. Carl Mingus |
| Jed Allan | Peter Costigan |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Hill |
| Lloyd Nolan | Admiral Garvey |
| Jim Goodwin | Survivor |
| William Byron Hillman | Philip Munsey |
| Dennis Alpert | Gambetta |
| Budd Albright | Seaman with torpedo accident (uncredited) |
| John Breen | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Louie Elias | Maneuver Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Ty Haller | Pvt. Grey (uncredited) |
| James Jeter | 2nd Barman (uncredited) |
| Larry Strong | Wardroom Attendent (uncredited) |
| Elliott Sullivan | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Douglas Heyes | Screenplay |
| Addison Hehr | Art Direction |
| Ferris Webster | Editor |
| Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Gary Downey | Stunts |
| Henry Millar | Special Effects |
| Thomas J. Schmidt | Assistant Director |
| Robert R. Hoag | Special Effects |
| Nelson Tyler | Additional Photography |
| Franklin Milton | Sound Recordist, Recording Supervision |
| Earl McCoy | Special Effects |
| Clarence Slifer | Visual Effects |
| John M. Connolly | Technical Advisor |
| Ralph W. Nelson | Unit Production Manager |
| J. McMillan Johnson | Visual Effects |
| Ralph Swartz | Special Effects |
| Harry Julian Fink | Screenstory |
| Carroll L. Shepphird | Visual Effects |
| Jack Mills | Set Decoration |
| John M. Stephens | Additional Photography |
| Normal Stuart | Dialogue Coach |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Lee Faulkner | Stunts |
| Phil Adams | Stunts |
| John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Peter R.J. Deyell | Makeup Artist |
| Art Levinson | Second Assistant Director |
| Van Allen James | Sound Editor |
| John Moio | Stunts |
| Jack Wilson | Stunts |
| John Sturges | Director |
| Alistair MacLean | Novel |
| Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| W.R. Burnett | Screenplay |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Bob Herron | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Budd Albright | Stunts |
| Roydon Clark | Stunts |
| Terry Leonard | Stunts |
| Lynn Guthrie | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James C. Pratt | Associate Producer |
| Martin Ransohoff | Producer |
| John Calley | Producer |
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Geronimo1967
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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.
Jun 03, 2023