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Fourteen Hours

Drama · Thriller

Fourteen Hours

A new element in screen suspense

7.3(53) 4/1/1951 1h 32m
DramaThriller

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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Top Cast

Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas

Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Robert Cosick

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Virginia Foster

Debra Paget

Debra Paget

Ruth

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Christine Hill Cosick

Robert Keith

Robert Keith

Paul E. Cosick

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Deputy Police Chief Moskar

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter

Danny Klempner

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Production

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

1/5/2025

When some lady lets out an almighty yell, local traffic cop "Dunnigan" (Paul Douglas) looks up and espies a gent standing on a window ledge of an hotel some fifteen stories up. He races up to the man's room and what ensues for the next ninety-odd minutes sees him trying to understand just why the young "Robert" (Richard Basehart) is about to take a tumble. Needless to say, both men are nervous, but the cop decides that he has to work on establishing trust and that's the anchor we need too as his mother (Agnes Moorehead), father (Robert Keith) and ex-fiancée (Barbara Bel Geddes) all turn up and add their tuppence worth to the man's predicament - and they are not always helpful. Indeed, as we learn more about this man and his completely dysfunctional family, we learn quite a bit about the ca

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