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Movie Description
John Sturges's adaptation of Alistair MacLean's novel stars Rock Hudson as submarine commander James Ferraday. When a weather-monitoring station near the North Pole is nearly destroyed by fire, he's ostensibly sent to find out what went wrong. But since he's been ordered to bring along Capt. Leslie Anders (Jim Brown) and a platoon of Marines, British agent David Jones (Patrick McGoohan), and Russian defector Boris Vaslov (Ernest Borgnine), he realizes he's being kept in the dark about the true nature of the mission. Eventually it becomes clear that the USS Tigerfish is in a race with a Russian sub to recover reconaissance film crucial to national defense that was being carried aboard a spacecraft that crashed near the polar ice cap. When the sub is sabotaged--causing it to sink perilously close to a depth that would lead to an explosion--it becomes clear that a double agent is on board, but Ferraday doesn't have enough evidence to arrest anyone. Although the film is often remembered as the one chosen for ad nauseam viewing by Howard Hughes, it's a well-made combination of action and suspense, boasting a fine score by Michel Legrand.
Synopsis
This exciting cold war action-adventure film focuses on an American sub commander who is ordered to a desolate outpost at the North Pole and there becomes involved in a deadly struggle with the Soviet military.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Widescreen 2.20
Audio:
Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 French
Dolby Surround 5.1 English
Additional Release MaterialL
Featurette - Vintage Making-of Featurette The Man Who Makes the Difference
Theatrical Trailer
Theatrical release: October 23, 1968.
The film gained notoriety from Howard Hughes's obsessive viewing.
Industry Reviews
"[An] exciting 1968 popcorn flick."
Los Angeles Times - Susan King (01/09/2005)
"[A] Cold War thriller that relies on claustrophobic tension."
Uncut - Andrew Sumner (06/01/2005)
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