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A remarkably compact motion picture... those who have no memory of that or any similar case will find gripping suspense, absorbing drama and stinging social comment in this film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fourteen Hours
A new element in screen suspense
1951 · 1h 32m · APPROVED
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
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Fourteen Hours
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Henry Hathaway Director
- Paul Douglas as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
- Richard Basehart as Robert Cosick
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Virginia Foster
- Debra Paget as Ruth
- Agnes Moorehead as Christine Hill Cosick
- Robert Keith as Paul E. Cosick
- Howard Da Silva as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
- Jeffrey Hunter as Danny Klempner
- Martin Gabel as Dr. Strauss
- Grace Kelly as Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
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