The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them.The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them.The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them.
Dan Ferniel
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Bob Whitney
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe uncredited music used is Miklós Rózsa's score for The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
- GoofsWhen Janet picks flowers, they give zero resistance to her pull and all come out with neatly clipped stems. It's very obvious that the flowers were pre-cut and inserted in the ground material by prop gaffers.
- ConnectionsEdited from Captains of the Clouds (1942)
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Howard Keel in a drama?
Desperate Search isn't the best old movie out there to choose from, but if you're looking for a higher-end B movie that's exciting, you might want to check this one out. Howard Keel is a divorced dad who only gets to see his kids once a year. When he puts little Lee Aaker and Linda Lowell on an airplane to return to their mother's house, he has no idea it might be the last time he ever sees them. . .
The airplane crashes, and both nervous parents, Howard and his ex-wife Patricia Medina, are left in limbo since no one even knows where the crash occurred. Keep in mind this was made in 1952, when cell phones and GPS technology didn't exist. Also, at that time, it was a really big deal to put two young children on an airplane alone and ask the stewardess to look out for them! The good news for Howard and Patricia is that they're both airplane pilots, so they can both aid in the "desperate search" for their kids. The bad news is that Howard's current wife, Jane Greer, suspects she might lose the love of her husband.
Parts of the movie are incredibly exciting, in particular when a very mangy and hungry mountain lion makes an appearance. Parts of the movie are confusing, when Patricia Medina shows up. She looked so much like Jane Greer I continually got them mixed up and didn't know which scenes involved which actress! I enjoyed seeing Howard Keel in a dramatic non-singing role, and boy, was he curt! I lost track of how often he snapped at Jane, poor thing. Still, he looks awfully handsome in the cockpit.
The airplane crashes, and both nervous parents, Howard and his ex-wife Patricia Medina, are left in limbo since no one even knows where the crash occurred. Keep in mind this was made in 1952, when cell phones and GPS technology didn't exist. Also, at that time, it was a really big deal to put two young children on an airplane alone and ask the stewardess to look out for them! The good news for Howard and Patricia is that they're both airplane pilots, so they can both aid in the "desperate search" for their kids. The bad news is that Howard's current wife, Jane Greer, suspects she might lose the love of her husband.
Parts of the movie are incredibly exciting, in particular when a very mangy and hungry mountain lion makes an appearance. Parts of the movie are confusing, when Patricia Medina shows up. She looked so much like Jane Greer I continually got them mixed up and didn't know which scenes involved which actress! I enjoyed seeing Howard Keel in a dramatic non-singing role, and boy, was he curt! I lost track of how often he snapped at Jane, poor thing. Still, he looks awfully handsome in the cockpit.
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- Feb 20, 2018
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Vuelo trágico
- Filming locations
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(backgrounds and aerial shots)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $520,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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