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Desperate Search

6.019521h 13mMovieAdventureDramaThriller

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.

DirectorJoseph H. Lewis
WriterWalter Doniger
ProducerMatthew Rapf

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Cast · Directed by Joseph H. Lewis

HKHoward Keel
Howard Keel
Vince Heldon
JGJane Greer
Jane Greer
Julie Heldon
PMPatricia Medina
Patricia Medina
Nora Stead
KWKeenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Brandy
RBRobert Burton
Robert Burton
Wayne Langmuir
LALee Aaker
Lee Aaker
Don Heldon
LL
Linda Lowell
Janet Heldon
MD
Michael Dugan
Lou
ESElaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Stewardess
JCJonathan Cott
Jonathan Cott
Detective
JRJeff Richards
Jeff Richards
Ed
DSDick Simmons
Dick Simmons
Communicator (Vancouver Radio)

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