Sole Survivor

Sole Survivor (1970)

In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood's teleplay, the ghosts of a bomber crew hang around their derelict plane, awaiting the day that their bones will be recovered and given a decent burial. The sole survivor, navigator Russell Hamner, has in the intervening 25 years become a General. He joins an investigation team that has come across the wreckage, while the ghosts, headed by Major Devlin, plot to expose Hamner as a coward who deserted his post and left his crew mates to die.

Date of release
1970-01-09
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (25)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie
Director
Paul Stanley

Casting

Interesting facts

Sole Survivor is a CBS Friday Night Movie directed by Paul Stanley and starring Richard Basehart, William Shatner, and Vince Edwards. The film, written by screenwriter Guerdon Trueblood, was first aired on television in 1970.

Production

Sole Survivor was shot primarily on location in the El Mirage Dry Lake in the northwestern Victor Valley of the central Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. The shooting schedule involved a three-and-a-half-week period in May–June, 1969.

The aircraft that were used in the film were:

North American TB-25JN Mitchell c/n 108-34254, s/n 44-30979

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