Synopsis
Ice Station Zebra is a suspenseful Cold War era movie. It follows a U.S. submarine crew on a perilous mission to retrieve a Soviet satellite that's landed near the North Pole.
Did You Know?
- The movie was reportedly a favorite of Howard Hughes.
- Ice Station Zebra was adapted from a novel by Alistair MacLean.
- The film was one of the most expensive ever made in the 1960s.
- The submarine sequences were filmed in a huge water tank.
- Frank Sinatra was initially set to star but was replaced.
Iconic Quotes
- This is not a job for normal men. It's a job for tigers.
- We don't praise God, we don't get home. We don't get home, we praise God.
- You've got about as much charm as a dead slug.
- Perhaps, instead of threatening me, you'd like to help.
- It's a living end, man. You just can't trust anyone.
