- HD 1080
- Runtime: 73m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Joseph H. Lewis
- Stars: Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton
- keywords: airplane crash, cougar
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story of Three Desperate People
- The Desperate Search is featured in the top rankings of 1952
- #31 in Top Adventure Movies of 1952
- #87 in Top Drama Movies of 1952
- #26 in Top Thriller Movies of 1952
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.