I also recall watching this hauntingly beautiful Made-for-TV movie with excellent directing and a top notch cast which aired in 1970. In Fact, several years ago I requested TCM to find this movie and broadcast it - however to no avail. I remember watching this movie with my mother and older brother and I do recall what made this movie so memorable was the unexpected twist to the story toward the very end. When one of the "surviving" crew members spots a rescue helicopter he waves his arms then cheers as the helicopter approaches and says something like "So that's what they look like. Incredible! I heard rumors about these things coming out soon!" What made this so eerie was the fact that the rescue helicopter is a modern one and all the crew members that we have been watching for most of the entire movie that survived are wearing WWII uniforms. That's when all of us watching this incredible movie realized what had happened. (Hint: It's something that film director M. Night Shyamalan borrowed from and used in "The Sixth Sense"). Guys who are into war movies will enjoy watching this movie as well as the ladies. It sent chills up and down my spine - my mom, my brother as well as myself were overwhelmed with emotion and cried and cried until the very end... until they finally find... the sole survivor.
Review of Sole Survivor
Sole Survivor
(1970 TV Movie)
"Sole Survivor" Has Touched The Hearts And Souls Of So Many People. It's Amazing How Our thoughts Have Wings! Glad to know The Universal Consciousness Still Works!
20 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers