Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 American espionage thriller film directed by John Sturges and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. The screenplay is by Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink, and W. R. Burnett, loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1963 novel. Both have parallels to real-life events that took place in 1959. The film concerns a US nuclear submarine that must rush to the North Pole to rescue the members of the Ice Station Zebra.
| Ice Station Zebra | |
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Theatrical release poster by Howard Terpning | |
| Directed by | John Sturges |
| Screenplay by | Douglas Heyes Harry Julian Fink W. R. Burnett |
| Based on | Ice Station Zebra 1963 novel by Alistair MacLean |
| Produced by | James C. Pratt Martin Ransohoff John Calley |
| Starring | Rock Hudson Ernest Borgnine Patrick McGoohan Jim Brown |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8–10 million |
| Box office | $4.6 million (United States and Canada) |
The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 and presented in 70 mm Cinerama in premiere engagements. The original music score is by Michel Legrand. Ice Station Zebra was released on October 23, 1968, to mixed reviews, and it was not a box office success, earning only $4.6 million over its $8–10 million budget.