Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Directed by John Sturges · 149 min · Thriller, Adventure
19.4 TOPICAL score · #4,576 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Ice Station Zebra (1968, directed by John Sturges) has a TOPICAL score of 19.4 - ranked 4,576 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on critics. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 47% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 49. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (200 ratings) · IMDb 6.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 24 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics47% on Rotten Tomatoes · 5.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 49
- AudienceTMDB 6.4/10 (200 ratings) · IMDb 6.6/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 24 languages
- Still read20,544 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Rock Hudson (actor #589), Ernest Borgnine (actor #165), Patrick McGoohan (actor #1,264), Jim Brown