Sole Survivor

Sole Survivor

1970 · 100 min · EN · 6.4 (20 votes)
Dir. Paul Stanley · Starring Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio, Lawrence P. Casey, Dennis Cooney · Music Paul Glass
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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.

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A spectral, guilt-ridden atmosphere permeates this tale of lingering spirits and a haunted survivor. The desert setting amplifies the isolation and dread as past betrayals resurface, demanding a reckoning from beyond the grave.

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