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Ice Station Zebra (1968)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:6
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: John Sturges's adaptation of Alistair MacLean's novel stars Rock Hudson as submarine commander James Ferraday. When a weather-monitoring station near the North Pole is nearly destroyed by fire,... John Sturges's adaptation of Alistair MacLean's novel stars Rock Hudson as submarine commander James Ferraday. When a weather-monitoring station near the North Pole is nearly destroyed by fire, he's ostensibly sent to find out what went wrong. But since he's been ordered to bring along Capt. Leslie Anders (Jim Brown) and a platoon of Marines, British agent David Jones (Patrick McGoohan), and Russian defector Boris Vaslov (Ernest Borgnine), he realizes he's being kept in the dark about the true nature of the mission. Eventually it becomes clear that the USS Tigerfish is in a race with a Russian sub to recover reconaissance film crucial to national defense that was being carried aboard a spacecraft that crashed near the polar ice cap. When the sub is sabotaged--causing it to sink perilously close to a depth that would lead to an explosion--it becomes clear that a double agent is on board, but Ferraday doesn't have enough evidence to arrest anyone. Although the film is often remembered as the one chosen for ad nauseam viewing by Howard Hughes, it's a well-made combination of action and suspense, boasting a fine score by Michel Legrand. [More]
Starring: Rock Hudson, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Bill
Starring: Rock Hudson, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Bill, Patrick McGoohan, Lloyd Nolan, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Alf Kjellin, Ted Hartley, Ron Masak, Murray Rose, Lee Stanley
Director: John Sturges
Director: John Sturges
Screenwriter: Douglas Heyes
Producer: Martin Ransohoff, John Calley
Composer: Michel Legrand
Reviews for Ice Station Zebra
A conventional Cold War thriller whose flatness keeps it from being as suspenseful as it should be.
Sadly, with the exception of 1972’s Joe Kidd, Ice Station Zebra marked the end of John Sturges’ career as an interesting, innovative director.
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