Saw it as a child on it's premiere after seeing the hook commercial. Had no clue what I was getting into. Deep waters. I suspect one reason this flick impacted so many was back then Made4TV producers built the multiple crescendos in timed for commercial breaks to keep you hooked, or in this case, in need of tranquilizers. They don't make movies this way anymore in any genre. I've caught a dozen reruns and have a totally decayed copy on VHS, awful. This is the only Richard Basehart performance I like. Sole Survivor is beyond deep, more than a working ghost story. So many themes. Progress, guilt, the confusion of war, navigation, aeronautics, the desert. And how trinkets and artifacts link the dead to the living. Our ghost crew is haunted by the memory of their coward captain, but he is even more haunted by his own guilt - find another double ghost movie. Amazing effects-less psycho scene in the tent. Priceless. But all the fans have missed the best part. This is THE SCARIEST version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ever recorded. Who did it? Yeah, that's right, one game, every day - until they find us, we all agreed. U seen my dog tags?
Review of Sole Survivor
