Desperate Search

Desperate Search

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1952-11-19
Duration:73 min
Director:Joseph H. Lewis
Actors:Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

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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