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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!

6.4(200)19682h 29m4

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, is dispatched to save them.

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Status
Released
Budget
$8M
Box office
$4.6M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • submarine
  • espionage
  • cold war
  • satellite
  • arctic polar circle region
  • commanding
  • metrocolor

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Behind the camera

Director

John Sturges

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG23 Oct 1968
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU4 Apr 1968
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical26 Dec 1968
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical4 Sept 1969
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical124 Sept 1969
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG16 May 1969
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL23 Oct 1968
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical9 Apr 1969

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Ice Station Zebra was released on 4 April 1968.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/3/2023

    6/10

    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 subm…

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