Desperate Search
5.8
“Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People”
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.
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Cast
13 people
Howard Keel
Vince Heldon
Known for
Dallas
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Jane Greer
Julie Heldon
Known for
Out of the Past
The Big Steal
Patricia Medina
Nora Stead
Known for
Mr. Arkadin
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Keenan Wynn
Brandy
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon a Time in the West
Robert Burton
Wayne Langmuir
Known for
The Big Heat
The Tall T
Lee Aaker
Don Heldon
Known for
Hondo
Linda Lowell
Janet Heldon
Also in
Leave It to Beaver
Father Knows Best
Michael Dugan
Lou
Known for
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
3 Godfathers
Elaine Stewart
Stewardess
Known for
Brigadoon
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Cott
Detective
Known for
Scaramouche
Jeff Richards
Ed
Known for
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Dick Simmons
Communicator (Vancouver Radio)
Known for
Lady in the Lake
Joseph H. Lewis Director · Walter Doniger Writer Arthur Mayse Author
Worldwide gross $707K · Budget $520K · United States release November 19, 1952
Box office
Budget
$520,000
Worldwide gross
$707,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 19, 1952
Theatrical
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