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Desperate Search(1952)

November 19, 19521h 13m

Adventure Drama Thriller

60%User score 60 percent

User Score

8 votes

Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People

Overview

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
Writers: Walter Doniger

Top Billed Cast

Howard Keel
Vince Heldon
Jane Greer
Julie Heldon
Patricia Medina
Nora Stead
Keenan Wynn
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Status: Released
Original title: Desperate Search
Original language: English
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords

airplane crash
cougar

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