Fourteen Hours (1951)
1h 32m
Running Time
April 1, 1951Release Date
Fourteen Hours (1951)
1h 32m
Running Time
April 1, 1951Release Date
Plot.
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Douglas
Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
Richard Basehart
Robert Cosick
Barbara Bel Geddes
Virginia Foster
Debra Paget
Ruth
Agnes Moorehead
Christine Hill Cosick
Robert Keith
Paul E. Cosick
Howard Da Silva
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Jeffrey Hunter
Danny Klempner
Martin Gabel
Dr. Strauss
Grace Kelly
Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
Frank Faylen
Walter, room service waiter
Jeff Corey
Police Sgt. Farley
James Millican
Police Sgt. Boyle
Donald Randolph
Dr. Benson
Richard Beymer
(uncredited)
Ossie Davis
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Brad Dexter
Reporter (uncredited)
Leif Erickson
Bit Part (uncredited)
Sandra Gould
Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Brian Keith
Extra (uncredited)
Harvey Lembeck
Cab Driver (uncredited)
John Randolph
Fireman (uncredited)
Janice Rule
Bit Part (uncredited)
Joyce Van Patten
Barbara (uncredited)
Willard Waterman
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
John Cassavetes
Reporter (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
Cop (uncredited)
Alix Talton
Miss Kelly (uncredited)
John Paxton
Screenplay
Joel Sayre
Story
Henry Hathaway
Director
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Fourteen Hours is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway, which tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel.
The film won critical acclaim for Richard Basehart, who portrayed the mentally disturbed man on the building ledge. Paul Douglas played the police officer, and a large supporting cast included Barbara Bel Geddes, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Debra Paget, and Howard Da Silva. It was the screen debut of Grace Kelly and Jeffrey Hunter, who appeared in small roles.The screenplay was written by John Paxton, based on an article by Joel Sayre in The New Yorker describing the 1938 suicide of John William Warde.
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