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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, 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.

"An American nuclear sub... A sky full of Russian paratroopers... A race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!"

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Review by: CinemaSerf

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.

Reviewer rating: 6.0

Actors


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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