Besides the wonderful, engrossing, colourful descriptions, there are also plot twists that blow the mind.

Other key roles were played by Jim Brown and Tony Bill, who signed a five-picture contract with Ransohoff,. While the scientists immediately turn to cannibalism, the Sealab sub – led by a German crew resembling that from Das Boot – predictably fumbles the rescue. There aren’t many tools one can use when describing the inside of a Nuclear sub, or the wide desolate plains of the arctic.After making four flop comedies in a row, Hudson had been keen to change his image; he had just made Seconds and Tobruk, and Ice Station Zebra was an attempt to continue this.

It turns out the movie was a pretty loose adaptation of the book - they even changed the names of the characters and the rescue vessel, which seems weird. A modern reader might guess at a few revelations here or there, but the ride to the climax is a smooth one.There are beautiful abstract patterns made by the sub as it cuts its way through the North Sea, all the gleaming, meticulous, finely wrought, intricate machinery inside the sub, and huge chunks of mountainous ice hanging down from the roof of the ice cap like molars. Alan currently works for the MoD and was involved with high profile projects such as Tornado and he managed the Sea Skua anti-ship missile system. It was extremely satisfying that despite insulting one another, constant bantering, everyone has each other's back and towards the end, the way the story unraveled, was the product of brilliant teamwork. Dolphin prepares to blow a hole in the ice with a torpedo, but someone has sabotaged the torpedo tube doors and seawater pours in. illustration; Hardback: dark green patterned cloth decorated in gilt on spine; Near fine in remains of a dustwrapper lacking much of the rear panel.

The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 and presented in 70 mm Cinerama in premiere engagements. Classic 60s Cold War era nuclear submarine adventure, filmed by MGM in 1968 starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine and Patrick McGoohan.In 2006, the US National Reconnaissance Office declassified information stating that "an individual formerly possessing Corona access was the technical adviser to the movie" and admitted "the resemblance of the loss of the Discoverer II capsule, and its probable recovery by the Soviets" on Spitsbergen Island. The Arctic almost comes alive and becomes a character in the book, being a more memorable antagonist than the Soviet spies. 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.