I ended up doing Sole Survivor, a 1970 television movie that, from the comments on the IMDb, is very popular with people who remember it and are trying to find a copy! (Apparently there was someone selling a DVD.)

My copy is terrible (it was taken off WSBK-TV38 before we had a booster on our antenna and is exceedingly snowy), but at least I can watch it. Sole Survivor opens in the Libyan desert where five World War II pilots wait beside their crashed B-25, apparently waiting for rescue, until you realize from their comments that they are dead. It is 17 years after the crash, and when the plane is found, an investigation team, including the sole survivor from the mission, is sent out. As Major Devlin (Vince Edwards) and Lt. Colonel Gronke (William Shatner) look into the site, however, General Hamner's (Richard Basehart) story doesn't add up. In the meantime, the crew is helpless to let the investigators know that it was Hamner's fault that they crashed in the desert.

My main reason for recording this movie is because of the outstanding performance by one of my favorite actors (and directors), Lou Antonio, who plays Tony, the man who made it back to the airplane from where the crew had bailed out only to have the unstable tail section fall upon him and trap him. His role in the poignant ending scene is outstanding.

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I have a copy on DVD if anyone is interested...not looking to make any money - just to cover S & H costs plus a blank CD....
TKearney@LegnosandCramer.com

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