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Summary

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.

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

Michael T. Mikler

Lt. Courtney Cartwright

Joseph Bernard

Dr. Jack Benning

Jonathan Goldsmith

Russian Aide

Sherwood Price

Lt. Edgar Hackett

Lee Stanley

Lt. Mitgang

John Orchard

Survivor

Jim Dixon

Earl MacAuliffe

Ron Masak

Paul Zabrinczski

Boyd Berlind

Bruce Kentner

Craig Shreeve

Gafferty

Wade Graham

Parker

David Wendel

Cedric Patterson

Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Lyle Nichols

Ted Kristian

Wassmeyer

Lloyd Haynes

Webson

Michael Grossman

Kohler

Buddy Garion

Edward Rawlins

Don Newsome

Timothy Hirsch

Robert Carlson

Kelvaney

William O'Connell

Survivor

Michael Rougas

Fannovich

Gary Downey

Lorrison

T. J. Escott

Lt. Carl Mingus

Jed Allan

Peter Costigan

Buddy Joe Hooker

Hill

Lloyd Nolan

Admiral Garvey

Jim Goodwin

Survivor

William Byron Hillman

Philip Munsey

Dennis Alpert

Gambetta

Budd Albright

Seaman with torpedo accident (uncredited)

John Breen

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Louie Elias

Maneuver Sergeant (uncredited)

Ty Haller

Pvt. Grey (uncredited)

James Jeter

2nd Barman (uncredited)

Larry Strong

Wardroom Attendent (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Bartender (uncredited)

Crew

Director

John Sturges

Novel

Alistair MacLean

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Douglas Heyes

Screenstory

Harry Julian Fink

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 3, 2023

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.