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Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Action Adventure Thriller

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

Release Date: 1968, April 4
Directors: John Sturges
Countries: United States of America
Production: Filmways Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Buddy Joe Hooker, Michael Rougas, John Breen, Patrick McGoohan, Lloyd Nolan, Ernest Borgnine, Louie Elias, Jim Brown, Craig Shreeve, Rock Hudson, Ted Hartley, Jonathan Goldsmith

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book espionage cold war submarine commanding metrocolor satellite arctic polar circle region