Seven in Darkness (1969)

****SPOILERS**** One of the first and best made for TV movie ever made that has to do with a plane of blind people on their way to a seeing eye or blind persons convention in Seattle that goes off course and crashes in the wilds of Northern Canada with the seven blind survivors having to find their way back to civilization before the cold weather as well as wolf packs finishes them all off. Lead by blind Vietnam Veteran Mark Larson, Sean Garrison, the group find their way to an old abandoned railroad track that they hope can show them the way out. Only for one of them Larry Wise, Arthur O'Connell, who ends up falling through the cracks and to his death into the rushing stream below when he made a wrong step.The blind people's attempt to get rescued was sabotaged by one of them Alex Swain, Barry Nelson, who stole their supply of food and water and tried to blame Mark for it as well as revealing that he chickened out in Vietnam and left six of his comrades or GI's to get slaughtered by the Viet Cong which he felt he'll do to him and his fellow blind men & women lost in the woods. There's also the I'm all for me and no one else Sam Fuller, Milton Berle,who feels that Alex is nothing but a lowlife rat and tries to have him fall to his death off a cranky wooden bridge by leading him , with his walking cane, the wrong way. Only to have Mark,whom Alex was trying to screw and blame for all the trouble the blind survivor found themselves in, to save his sorry a** making up for his cowardice that he showed back in Vietnam.***SPOILERS*** Almost too emotionally drained to watch ending with the blind survivors after surviving the cold and a wolf attack find their way to safety by a friendly Rin Rin Tin like dog, not a wild and dangerous 150 pound Timber Wolf, coming to their rescue and having both his master the little boy and his pop leading them back to their home as well as civilization! Great performances by everyone in the cast with Milton Berle a real standout in him playing both a bad as well as good guy part. That by him finally "seeing" the light and realizes that by just trying to save himself he'll not only jeopardize everyone else's lives but if he in some way survives he'll also have to live with their deaths, like Mark in what he did in Vietnam, on his conscious for the rest of his life.

Seven In Darkness is a top notch 1969 made for television movie that the whole family can watch.I watched this movie for the first time a couple of days ago and I thought that for a 1969 television movie it was so good.I rate this film in the category of "Dr.Cook's Garden" a made for television movie from 1970.The cast is excellent.And who would have thought that Milton Berle the funny man comedian could play such a dramatic role?I was on the edge of my seat and hoping for a good outcome.This movie makes you realize how fortunate we are that we can see and that we take our vision for granted.I recommend this movie for the entire family.I have this movie.

An interesting little film. The plot is a bit far fetched and corny at times, but not incredible. A chartered plane carrying mostly blind passengers to a convention, crashes in the wilderness and only the blind survive. It is quite interesting to see how they try to extricate themselves and make it back to civilization. Those who see this movie will never again take their eyesight for granted. This film used to be rerun quite often, but, as far as I know, it hasn't been released on video and has not been broadcast for many years. I can't figure out why. It's an interesting and unique addition to the "disaster film" genre with "brand name" actors; including Milton Berle in a dramatic role; and should do well if re-released.

It's the story of a plane crash in a remote area, where the surviving passengers attempt to make their way to civilization and life. Here, though, they happen to be blind. Milton Berle is superb as Sam, an embittered, angry man caught up in his past disappointments and who is now in the struggle of his life.