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G | 148 min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 23 October 1968 (USA)

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.

Director: John Sturges
Writers: Alistair MacLean (novel), Douglas Heyes (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
Transcript
00:00You are 300 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic.
00:12On board the American nuclear submarine, Tigerfish III.
00:21Your destination, a secret outpost at the top of the world, Ice Station Zebra.
00:28Take her out.
00:40Your orders, get there before the Russians.
00:48On board, one of these men is a saboteur who is determined to stop you.
00:52I've already vouched for Mr. Vassilov.
00:54As for me, you can safely eliminate me.
00:56Why?
00:58Because of my biological absurdity.
00:59Haven't you forgotten, Captain, I'm in charge of this operation.
01:02Those orders come to you from your chief of naval operations and direct to him from your
01:06president.
01:07So before we go any further, I suggest that you get me there, put another torpedo up the
01:13spout, blow a hole in the ice, and get me there.
01:16Move it to the left!
01:19Move it to the left!
01:22Move it!
01:23Move it!
01:25I can't hold this much longer.
01:28You've got to!
01:31It's coming up!
01:39And then you arrive at Ice Station Zebra.
01:45Captain, radar has reported unidentified aircraft.
01:50Estimated time of arrival, 17 minutes.
01:53A race against time at the top of the world.
01:57Estimated time of arrival, nine minutes.
02:00Rock Hudson, Ernest Bordnine, Patrick McGowan, and Jim Brown.
02:07Time of arrival, two minutes.
02:09Fighting two enemies, the one they can see and the one that they can't.
02:23Ice Station Zebra.
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