Desperate Search (1952)
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Desperate Search is a lower-echelon MGM programmer, elevated by the crisp direction of cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis. Jane Greer plays the mother of two small children who are on board an airliner which crashes. The children survive, but are stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. With the help of forest ranger Keenan Wynn and bush pilot Howard Keel, Greer launches an agonizing all-points search for the missing children. Desperate Search was an entertaining and efficient means for MGM to keep its contract players busy at minimum cost. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Howard Keel - Vince Heldon
- Patricia Medina - Nora Stead
- Robert Burton - Wayne Langmuir
- Linda Lowell - Janet
- Elaine Stewart - Stewardess
- Jeff Richards - Ed
- Dick Simmons - Communicator
- Jane Greer - Julie Heldon
- Keenan Wynn - "Brandy"
- Lee Aaker - Don
- Michael Dugan - Lou
- Jonathan Cott - Detective
- Robert Whitney
- Director(s):
- Joseph H. Lewis
- Writer(s):
- Walter Doniger
- Producer(s):
- Matthew Rapf
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