IMDb RATING
6.6/10
11K
YOUR RATING
USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
11K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Alistair MacLean(novel)
- Douglas Heyes(screenplay)
- Harry Julian Fink(screen story)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Alistair MacLean(novel)
- Douglas Heyes(screenplay)
- Harry Julian Fink(screen story)
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Jonathan Goldsmith
- Russian Aide
- (as Jonathan Lippe)
- Director
- Writers
- Alistair MacLean(novel)
- Douglas Heyes(screenplay)
- Harry Julian Fink(screen story)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the era before VCRs, Howard Hughes would call the Las Vegas TV station he owned and demand they run this particular movie. Hughes so loved this film that it aired on his Las Vegas station over 100 times during his lifetime.
- GoofsNot only was file footage of a US F4 Phantom used instead of a USSR MIG-21, the clip used was obviously of an aircraft on short final approach as the landing gear and flaps were in the landing position. Even if the type of air snatch represented could be done with an F4 or a MIG (with its flaps and landing gear down to give it the slowest possible air speed above a stall) the craft lacked the distinctive V-shaped whisker poles protruding off the nose that the Fulton retrieval system had evolved to use by the 1960s.
- Quotes
Cmdr. Ferraday: It wasn't sealing wax. It wasn't chewing gum. It was epoxy glue. And all of a sudden you know a whole damn lot about submarines.
David Jones: I know how to wreck them, and I know how to lie, steal, kidnap, counterfeit, suborn and kill. That's my job. I do it with great pride.
- Alternate versionsOriginally shown in theaters with an opening overture, which has been restored for the 2005 DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Kuoleman torpedo (1974)
Review
Featured review
A splendid film with a splendid cast
Oh sorry - did I say "splendid" twice?? Well, that sums up what I feel about this film. Particularly "splendid" in my humble opinion was the portrayal of David Jones by the wonderful Patrick McGoohan, who is my favourite actor, so OK I'm a little biased here - but he really stood out for me. I love the way he seemed genuinely shaken after the "sabotage" act on the sub - drinking whisky-laden coffee with trembling hands. And of course Number 6's dry sense of humour, and heroic deeds.
And everyone else was pretty good too :) I know some of the scenery was obviously fake, but the sense of space across the ice flow, and the scenes of the sub trying to emerge from the ice were pretty impressive.
Anyway, I bought this yesterday on DVD and it was £16 well spent.
9/10.
And everyone else was pretty good too :) I know some of the scenery was obviously fake, but the sense of space across the ice flow, and the scenes of the sub trying to emerge from the ice were pretty impressive.
Anyway, I bought this yesterday on DVD and it was £16 well spent.
9/10.
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- carolv_brady
- May 9, 2005
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $76
- Runtime2 hours 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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