Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Alex da Silva Five airmen remain with their bomber plane in the middle of the Libyan desert hoping to be rescued. They have crash-landed but something is odd about this scenario. Any time that they start to trek in a certain direction, they always end up at the crash site. It also seems that they have been at the location for 17 years with nothing else to do but play baseball. The day comes when their plane is spotted and Major Vince Edwards (Devlin) and Colonel William Shatner (Josef) are sent to identify the wreckage and produce a report. They take with them General Richard Basehart (Hamner), who was the sixth crew member who parachuted out and survived 17 years ago. When they arrive, they don't see any of the airmen and they start to put their report together. The airmen are definitely there, though! Edwards persists in unravelling the truth.The inspiration for the setting of the story is the real-life incident involving the bomber plane 'Lady Be Good' which disappeared in 1943 and was spotted in the Libyan desert in 1958. Many details are retained for the film, eg, the intact wreckage and an urn of tea found at the crash site still being drinkable. As for the film, the story is excellently told as we follow two sides – the airmen who seem to be wandering in limbo and the investigators who are trying to piece together what happened. Can the truth be discovered and will the airmen's lives finally be redirected to wherever they need to go? The acting is good – William Shatner has a few Captain Kirk moments but that is what you want to see - and the ending is memorably done. It's a film that stays with you and keeps you watching for the duration. It also gets you thinking as to what might happen after death. And just who is the sole survivor?

bucket2004 I was lucky enough to watch this recently, from a copy someone had on VHS, (which i promptly converted to DVD) what a story, I cant believe you cant buy this. as I would gladly buy it for a better DVD quality copy (Though the VHS rip i have is pretty good)As for the story, I to saw this as a kid back in the early 70s I must of been 8 or 9 yrs old. Even then it haunted me. So glad I could see it again. I must make mention of Mr Glass's haunting music. reminded me of planet of the apes in parts (which is a good thing)I know its based loosely on a true story, which also adds to the it keeping you fixed to the screen watching.

SkySgt I saw this movie when it first aired on television in 1970. I was in elementary school, and got caught by the teacher doodling a picture of the aircraft during class. I was so enamored with this movie, that I could not think of anything else. I bored the crap out of my friends by retelling the story for the next several weeks. Surprisingly, none of them saw the movie.Though it is not a quality video stream, you can view this movie in it's entirety at GOOGLE Videos. Sorry, this IMDb review site will not let me paste the full link here.To see the full length movie, go to GOOGLE.com and do a search for SOLE SURVIVOR. In the margin to the left, click on VIDEOS. Look for the video that is 96 minutes long.There are other videos on the site that are just "snippets." Look for the 96 minute one and click on it to watch.Enjoy!

studio-55 I must have seen this as a young child in the 70's and as an adult I have searched many times for this film, not knowing it's name. I've spent hours pouring over lists of movies, from 'war' to 'ghost' categories and maybe never found it as it was made for TV. i would never have guessed it wasn't a cinema release such was it's impact.I found it funnily enough by looking up 'sole survivor' the name of a book on a little boy who strangely enough is the reincarnated sole of a second world war pilot (check out his story, his name is James Leiningerand they are making his story into a film)This 1970 film is excellent and left a deep impression on me, the final scenes in particular. I'd love to get hold of a copy as I only saw it once over 30 years ago. The details of the plot in my mind are pretty sketchy now but the mood and drama of it created a very strong impression on me.