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Ice Station Zebra (1968)

USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.

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Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed. Written by Steve Fenwick <[email protected]>

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Ring Lardner was originally hired to pen the screenplay in 1964. See more »

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The Soviet Union never developed a Fulton style ground to air recovery system. The Fulton ground to air system was used by the United States and Great Britain until 1996. The availability of long range and mid-air refueling for helicopters lead to the Air Force to cease maintaining the capability to deploy this system. And lastly, the system would never have been used with a fighter aircraft as seen in this film. It would not have the room for the equipment to first catch and then reel in the package. That system requires a large and complex winch system to work. See more »

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Boris Vaslov: You have a distrustful character.
David Jones: I have no character. I assume one.
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Written and Performed by Michel Legrand Et Son Orchestre
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Well-written thinking man's spy film
19 January 2004 | by (Sterling Heights, Michigan) – See all my reviews

I first saw this film when it was released in 1968 at the Summit Cinerama theater in Detroit, and it was a fantastic movie going experience. I think the first thing that draws you into this film is the rousing score by Michel Legrand and the marvelous cinematography. The engrossing story moves along at a good pace aided by some very intelligent and witty dialogue. A superb cast of seasoned professionals including Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown and especially a very suave and droll Patrick MacGoohan create fully realized characters that act and react in very real human emotions to some extremely tense and suspenseful situations. The next time you see this film in the TV listings, be sure to check it out and I think you will find it superior to many films of the same genre that have been made since. One thing I find puzzling is the fact that this classic has not been released on DVD, and I only hope it is very soon.


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