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Ice Station Zebra (1968)
director of photography:
Daniel L. Fapp
cast:
Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Alf Kjellin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Ted Hartley
rating:
G
director:
John Sturges
running time:
148 min.
writer:
W.R. Burnett, Douglas Heyes
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.
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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