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'''''Ice Station Zebra''''' is a 1968 American espionage [[thriller film]] directed by [[John Sturges]] and starring [[Rock Hudson]], [[Patrick McGoohan]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], and [[Jim Brown]]. The screenplay is by [[Alistair MacLean]], [[Douglas Heyes]], [[Harry Julian Fink]], and [[W. R. Burnett]], loosely based on MacLean's [[Ice Station Zebra (novel)|1963 novel]]. Both have parallels to real-life events that took place in 1959. The film concerns a USSUS Nuclear Submarine that must rush to the North Pole to rescue the members of the Ice Station Zebra.
 
The film was photographed in [[Super Panavision 70]] and presented in 70 mm [[Cinerama]] in premiere engagements. The original music score is by [[Michel Legrand]]. ''Ice Station Zebra'' was released on October 23 1968, to mixed reivews, and it was not a box office success, earning only $4.6 million over its $8-10 million budget.