Ice Station Zebra

1968 · directed by John Sturges

Rating

58/100

Hit

no

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.

Ice Station Zebra (1968), directed by John Sturges, rates 58/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Rock Hudson
• Ernest Borgnine
• Patrick McGoohan
• Jim Brown
• Tony Bill
• Alf Kjellin
• Gerald S. O'Loughlin
• Ted Hartley
• Murray Rose
• Michael T. Mikler

Crew

• Daniel L. Fapp — Director of Photography
• Ferris Webster — Editor
• Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer
• Douglas Heyes — Screenplay
• W.R. Burnett — Screenplay

More from John Sturges

1. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
2. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) — 84/100 · hit
3. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — 80/100 · hit
4. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
5. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — 71/100
6. Hour of the Gun (1967) — 71/100

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