Desperate Search
“Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People”
1952•1h 13m•6.0•Released
AdventureDramaThriller
A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Writer
Walter Doniger
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Howard Keel
Vince Heldon
Jane Greer
Julie Heldon
Patricia Medina
Nora Stead
Keenan Wynn
Brandy
Robert Burton
Wayne Langmuir
Lee Aaker
Don Heldon
Linda Lowell
Janet Heldon
Michael Dugan
Lou
Elaine Stewart
Stewardess
Jonathan Cott
Detective
Jeff Richards
Ed
Dick Simmons
Communicator (Vancouver Radio)
Dan Ferniel
Prisoner (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Matthew Rapf
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