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A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 44%, Metacritic 49/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 186 1960s thriller movies in this catalog score higher.
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, is dispatched to save them.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
198 audience votes
Key crew
- Douglas HeyesScreenplay
- John SturgesDirector
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
Cast
- Rock HudsonCdr. James Ferraday
- Ernest BorgnineBoris Vaslov
- Patrick McGoohanDavid Jones
- Jim BrownCapt. Leslie Anders
- Tony BillLt. Russell Walker
- Alf KjellinCol. Ostrovsky
- Gerald S. O'LoughlinLt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn
- Ted HartleyLt. Jonathan Hansen
- Murray RoseLt. George Mills
- Michael T. MiklerLt. Courtney Cartwright
- Joseph BernardDr. Jack Benning
- Jonathan GoldsmithRussian Aide
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Themes
based on novel or booksubmarineespionagecold warsatellitearctic polar circle regioncommandingmetrocolor