Ice Station Zebra
Released: April 4, 1968Runtime: 149 min
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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Rock Hudson
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Ernest Borgnine
as Boris Vaslov
Patrick Mcgoohan
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Jim Brown
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Tony Bill
as Lt. Russell Walker
Lloyd Nolan
as Admiral Garvey
Alf Kjellin
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Gerald S O Loughlin
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Ted Hartley
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Murray Rose
as Lt. George Mills
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