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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…
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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!”
63%
Movie
2h 29m
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Ice Station Zebra (1968) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Ice Station Zebra (1968) — a movie tagged as Action, Adventure, and Thriller with tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 Tigerfi… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~149 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Ice Station Zebra 63% (187 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 187 TMDb votes
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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.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1968-04-04
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 17657
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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,... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Ice Station Zebra is approximately 149 minutes.
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Cast
Rock Hudson
Cdr. James Ferraday
Ernest Borgnine
Boris Vaslov
Patrick McGoohan
David Jones
Jim Brown
Capt. Leslie Anders
Tony Bill
Lt. Russell Walker
Alf Kjellin
Col. Ostrovsky
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn
Ted Hartley
Lt. Jonathan Hansen
Murray Rose
Lt. George Mills
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Michael T. Mikler
Lt. Courtney Cartwright
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Joseph Bernard
Dr. Jack Benning
Jonathan Goldsmith
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Sherwood Price
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Lee Stanley
Lt. Mitgang
John Orchard
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Jim Dixon
Earl MacAuliffe
Ron Masak
Paul Zabrinczski
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Boyd Berlind
Bruce Kentner
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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 submarine and the mission. Despite the millions spent on the effects and some Oscar-nominated underwater photography, it's terribly wooden and slow. By the time the end does come, I had kind of given up as the plots and sub-plots were all tripping over each other. At almost 2½ hours, it's way too long too.
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