Ice Station Zebra poster
Director John Sturges
Screenplay W.R. Burnett, Douglas Heyes

Ice Station Zebra

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

Release Date: 1968-10-23

Duration: 149 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ernest Borgnine
    Boris Vaslov
  • Patrick McGoohan
    David Jones
  • Rock Hudson
    Cdr. James Ferraday
  • Lloyd Nolan
    Admiral Garvey
  • Tony Bill
    Lt. Russell Walker
  • Jim Brown
    Capt. Leslie Anders
  • Alf Kjellin
    Col. Ostrovsky
  • Ron Masak
    Paul Zabrinczski
  • Lloyd Haynes
    Webson
  • John Orchard
    Survivor