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| Rock Hudson | ... | Cdr. James Ferraday | |
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | Boris Vaslov | |
| Patrick McGoohan | ... | David Jones | |
| Jim Brown | ... | Capt. Leslie Anders | |
| Tony Bill | ... | Lt. Russell Walker | |
| Lloyd Nolan | ... | Admiral Garvey | |
| Alf Kjellin | ... | Col. Ostrovsky | |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | ... | Lt. Cdr. Bob Raeburn | |
| Ted Hartley | ... | Lt. Jonathan Hansen | |
| Murray Rose | ... | Lt. George Mills | |
| Ron Masak | ... | Paul Zabrinczski | |
| Sherwood Price | ... | Lt. Edgar Hackett | |
| Lee Stanley | ... | Lt. Mitgang | |
| Joseph Bernard | ... | Dr. Jack Benning | |
| John Orchard | ... | Survivor | |
| William O'Connell | ... | Survivor | |
| Michael T. Mikler | ... | Lt. Courtney Cartwright | |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | ... | Russian Aide (as Jonathan Lippe) | |
| Ted Kristian | ... | Wassmeyer | |
| Jim Dixon | ... | Earl MacAuliffe | |
| Boyd Berlind | ... | Bruce Kentner | |
| David Wendel | ... | Cedric Patterson | |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | ... | Lyle Nichols | |
| Craig Shreeve | ... | Gafferty | |
| Michael Grossman | ... | Kohler | |
| Wade Graham | ... | Parker | |
| Michael Rougas | ... | Fannovich | |
| Jed Allan | ... | Peter Costigan | |
| Lloyd Haynes | ... | Webson | |
| Buddy Garion | ... | Edward Rawlins | |
| T.J. Escott | ... | Lt. Carl Mingus (as T. J. Escott) | |
| Buddy Hart | ... | Hill | |
| Gary Downey | ... | Lorrison | |
| Robert Carlson | ... | Kelvaney | |
| Don Newsome | ... | Timothy Hirsch | |
| Jim Goodwin | ... | Survivor | |
| William Byron Hillman | ... | Philip Munsey (as Bill Hillman) | |
| Dennis Alpert | ... | Gambetta | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Louie Elias | ... | Maneuver Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Ty Haller | ... | Pvt. Grey (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| John Sturges | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Alistair MacLean | (novel) | |
| Douglas Heyes | (screenplay) | |
| Harry Julian Fink | (screen story) | |
| W.R. Burnett | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| James C. Pratt | .... | associate producer | |
| Martin Ransohoff | .... | producer | |
| John Calley | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michel Legrand | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Daniel L. Fapp | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ferris Webster | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| George W. Davis | |||
| Addison Hehr | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Henry Grace | |||
| Jack Mills | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| William Tuttle | .... | makeup artist | |
| Peter R.J. Deyell | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Ralph W. Nelson | .... | unit production manager | |
| Dave Friedman | .... | production manager (uncredited) | |
| Lindsley Parsons Jr. | .... | assistant production manager: MGM (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Thomas J. Schmidt | .... | assistant director | |
| Lynn Guthrie | .... | second assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Tom Jung | .... | poster designer (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Franklin Milton | .... | recording supervisor | |
| Glenn E. Anderson | .... | boom operator (uncredited) | |
| Van Allen James | .... | sound editor (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Earl McCoy | .... | special effects | |
| Henry Millar | .... | special effects (as H.E. Millar Sr.) | |
| Ralph Swartz | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Robert R. Hoag | .... | optical effects | |
| J. McMillan Johnson | .... | special visual effects | |
| Carroll L. Shepphird | .... | special visual effects | |
| Clarence Slifer | .... | special visual effects | |
| Matthew Yuricich | .... | matte painter (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Phil Adams | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Budd Albright | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Roydon Clark | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Gary Downey | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Lee Faulkner | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Bob Herron | .... | stunt coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Bob Herron | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Loren Janes | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Gary McLarty | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| John Moio | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Glenn R. Wilder | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Jack Wilson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Dick Ziker | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| John M. Stephens | .... | additional arctic photography | |
| Nelson Tyler | .... | additional arctic photography | |
| Doug Byers | .... | underwater electrician (uncredited) | |
| Robert Jason | .... | electrician (uncredited) | |
| Owen Marsh | .... | underwater camera operator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Michel Legrand | .... | conductor | |
Other crew | |||
| John M. Connolly | .... | technical adviser (as Capt. John M. Connolly U.S.N. Ret.) | |
| Norman Stuart | .... | dialogue coach | |
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Big-budget, all-star, action-packed adventure about an American submarine sent to the North Pole to retrieve a downed satellite which contains a roll of film. The Russians want it as badly as the Americans because the film contains high-orbit pictures of BOTH country's missile sites.
Rock Hudson is the sub commander, Patrick McGoohan is the cynical secret agent with a dry wit (a roll he made famous in two famous British TV shows, `The Secret Agent' and `The Prisoner'), Jim Brown is a hard-nosed Marine captain, and Earnest Borgnine is a Russian defector working with McGoohan and the Americans to retrieve the valuable film.
The special effects of the Russian jets could have been much better, even in 1968. But the fantastic exterior arctic sets create a stylized North Pole as appealing as the sets of Altair 4 in `Forbidden Planet'. Sure they don't look `real' -- but that's doesn't mean they don't look good. And brother, they sure look BIG. Furthermore, these sets don't just sit there, they actually DO neat stuff: hugh blocks of ice converge and threaten to crush the sub's conning tower, and the conning tower raises and lowers through cracks in the ice!
Dynamite score by Michel LeGrand. Sterling screenplay by Douglas Heyes, riddled with sharp dialogue that the fine cast delivers perfectly (I love it when McGoohan tells Hudson that the film invented by America's German scientists was put into the camera invented by Britain's German scientists and sent up in the satellite invented by the Russian's German scientists. Funny.
Based on Alistair MacLean's best-selling novel. A genuine techno-thriller that predated Tom Clancy's work. And it was originally released at Cinerama theaters! Gotta love it . . .