Adventure ·Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 13m

Desperate Search

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Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Cast
Howard Keel as Vince Heldon Jane Greer as Julie Heldon Patricia Medina as Nora Stead Keenan Wynn as Brandy Robert Burton as Wayne Langmuir Lee Aaker as Don Heldon
Crew
Harold Lipstein — Director of Photography Joseph Dervin — Editor Walter Doniger — Writer Arthur Mayse — Novel Matthew Rapf — Producer
Tagline

Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
airplane crashcougar
Key Collaborators
Joseph H. Lewis Director Harold Lipstein Director of Photography Joseph Dervin Editor Walter Doniger Writer Arthur Mayse Novel Matthew Rapf Producer
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