Alf Kjellin

Ice Station Zebra -- Rock Hudson stars as an American nuclear submarine captain in a deadly race against the Soviets to find a downed satellite beneath the polar ice cap.

A German soldier awaiting his doom in the pocked of Stalingrad spots an undamaged piano in the no-man's land between the lines. The urge to play one more time becomes irresistible.

Academy Award-winning Cold War thriller based on Alister MacLean's bestseller stars Rock Hudson as an American nuclear submarine captain in a deadly race against the Soviets to find a downed satellite beneath the polar ice cap. All-star cast includes Ernest Borgnine (TV's "McHale's Navy," "Marty," "The Poseidon Adventure"), Patrick McGoohan (TV's "The Prisoner"), and football legend Jim Brown ("Mars Attacks!," "The Dirty Dozen"). Directed by John Sturges ("The Great Escape").

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930's represent society at large in that era.