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Desperate Search (1952)

Desperate Search

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1h 11m

Adventure, Drama, Thriller

November 19th, 1952

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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

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
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Directors

Joseph H. Lewis
(as Joseph Lewis)
Full cast & crew

Producers

Matthew Rapf
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Arthur Mayse
novel
Walter Doniger
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People

Keywords

based on novel
airplane crash
cougar

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 29th, 1953 (Australia)
October 7th, 1955 (Finland)
June 11th, 1954 (South Africa) (Cape Town)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Desperate Search (original title)
Quatre jours d'angoisse (Belgium) (French title)
Vier dagen angst (Belgium) (Flemish title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Lake Hemet, Mountain Center, California, USA (lake, float-plane base)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (studio)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (backgrounds and aerial shots)

Running Times

71 min (TCM print)
73 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (United States of America)
Warner Home Video (United States of America) (dvdr)
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