# Ice Station Zebra (1968)

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**Runtime**: 149 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Sturges
**Written by**: W.R. Burnett, Douglas Heyes
**Starring**: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Alf Kjellin

> *An American nuclear sub... A sky full of Russian paratroopers... A race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Arctic ice crunching beneath boots, winter's darkness, a mangled satellite lies still. 
A British research station falls silent, its distress signals fading. 
John Sturges directs this Cold War era thriller.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid

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