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Desperate Search

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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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Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 05/14/2017
Simple film lacks invention. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/14/2015
B+
Exciting, taut action/adventure programmer about the rescue by a father of his two children, who are the sole survivors of an air crash. Go to Full Review
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01/23/2021 There is a really big mistake in the 1952 movie 'Desperate Search'. Jane Greer is on the right while Howard Keel is on the left flying the plane, but somehow they switch places when the plane is landing on the lake. See more Read all reviews
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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.
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Producer
Matthew Rapf
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 13m
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