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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 59
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 13 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 adventure movies, −30 min on the typical 103
typical 10373Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 4 countries
Released
1952
November 19, 1952
74 years ago
Genres
AdventureDramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 7 more13 people
- Howard KeelVince Heldon
- Jane GreerJulie Heldon
- Patricia MedinaNora Stead
- Keenan WynnBrandy
- Robert BurtonWayne Langmuir
- Lee AakerDon Heldon
- LLLinda LowellJanet Heldon
- MDMichael DuganLou
- Elaine StewartStewardess
- Jonathan CottDetective
Jeff RichardsEd
Dick SimmonsCommunicator (Vancouver Radio)- DFDan FernielPrisoner (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Joseph H. Lewis Director
- Joel Freeman Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Walter Doniger Writer
- Arthur Mayse Novel
Production · 1
- Matthew Rapf Producer
Camera · 1
- Harold Lipstein Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Joseph Dervin Editor
Sound · 2
- Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
- Rudolph G. Kopp Music Director
Art · 4
- Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
- Ralph S. Hurst Set Decoration
- Eddie Imazu Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- John Truwe Makeup Artist
- William Tuttle Makeup Designer
- Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Other crew · 2
- A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
- Warren Newcombe Special Effects
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