Sole Survivor (1970)

6.5/10 100 min Drama Fantasy TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Vince Edwards

Maj. Michael Devlin

Richard Basehart

Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner

William Shatner

Lt. Col. Josef Gronke

Lou Antonio

Tony

Lawrence P. Casey

Gant

Patrick Wayne

Mac

Noah Keen

Maj. Gen. Schurm

Ian Abercrombie

British co-pilot

John Winston

British Pilot

Julie Bennett

Amanda

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