---
title: 'Ice Station Zebra (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Sturges'
released: '1968-10-23'
runtime_minutes: 148
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ice-station-zebra-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ice Station Zebra (1968)

1968 · G · 148 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 American spy 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 were inspired by real-life events that took place in 1959. The film concerns a United States nuclear submarine that is rushed to the North Pole to rescue the personnel of Ice Station Zebra.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sturges)
- **Screenplay:** [Alistair MacLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/alistair-maclean), [W. R. Burnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-r-burnett), [Douglas Heyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-heyes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Legrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-legrand)
- **Producer:** [Martin Ransohoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ransohoff), [John Calley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-calley)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniel L. Fapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-l-fapp)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [Ron Masak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-masak)
- [Ted Hartley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-hartley)
- [Alf Kjellin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-kjellin)
- [Rock Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rock-hudson)
- [Lloyd Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-nolan)
- [Lee Stanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-stanley)
- [Ernest Borgnine](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-borgnine)
- [Joseph Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-bernard)
- [Tony Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-bill)
- [Murray Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-rose)
- [Jim Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-brown)
- [Patrick McGoohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-mcgoohan)
- [Gerald S. O'Loughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-s-o-loughlin)

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