Desperate Search
Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People
1952 | 73m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Joseph H. Lewis |
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| Writer: | Arthur Mayse, Walter Doniger |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 19, 1952 |
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| Director: | Joseph H. Lewis |
| Writer: | Arthur Mayse, Walter Doniger |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | airplane crash, cougar |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jeff Richards | Ed |
| Dick Simmons | Communicator (Vancouver Radio) |
| Dan Ferniel | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Mayse | Novel |
| Walter Doniger | Writer |
| Harold Lipstein | Director of Photography |
| Joseph Dervin | Editor |
| Eddie Imazu | Art Direction |
| Joel Freeman | Assistant Director |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | Music Director |
| Ralph S. Hurst | Set Decoration |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph H. Lewis | Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Matthew Rapf | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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