Can anyone remember the name of a film from a while back.
It starred Rihard Basehart (of voyage to the bottom of the sea fame. Another series I liked when I was young)

The film was about a B17 I think, it was shot down over the desert. It tells the story of the crew who find out that they are really dead when the body recovery team turn up years later.

Vic

hi
i remember that film i think it was called lady be good.it was based on a true story of a b24 that set off to bomb itlay got lost on the way back and crashed in the desert. the crew died trying to walk back to civilisation. the wreck was found intact by a bp oil survey team in the late fifties. the us airforce sent a team to recover the bodies which they did apart from one. shep paine did a model of the plane wreck in his book on dioramas hope this helps
dave

Hi Dave,

That's the story all right,
I just remembered I saw a documentary on the Discovery chanel about the true story.
I presume lady be good was the name of the plain.

I wonder if the doc or the film is out on DVD.

All the best

Vic

P.S. Where abouts are you in the South West?

hi vic
yes the plane was called the lady be good i thought the film great try silver screen for the dvd they can order any film as long as its on dvd.im in uxbridge next to heathrow so not in the south west didnt know it siad that sorry

The film was a made for TV movie called Sole Survivor. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065007/

Besides Richard Basehart it also had William Shatner, of Star Trek. The film was lossely based on the story of the B 24 Lady Be Good, but it's a B-25 instead. It's also very similar to a Twightlight Zone episode.

The plane they used for Sole Survivor was at the Planes of Fame air museum when I was younger in Buena Park, California. It was set up just like a set from the movie. My friend and I snuck behind the rope and almost got kicked out of the place. It was pretty cool.

Thanks Rodger for the link and info.
That's sorted that for me.

Hi Dave,

Uxbridge is close :-)
Good to see you here.

I'll give Silver Screen a go.

I thought it was a good film, especially the first time round when you don't really know what's going on.

I was quite young when I saw it the first time.

Vic

Just incase anyone's interested, There are copies of this film going on E-bay. I just bought one.