| Fourteen Hours | |
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Screenplay by | John Paxton |
| Based on | The Man on the Ledge 1949 short story by Joel Sayre |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Paul Douglas Richard Basehart Barbara Bel Geddes Debra Paget Agnes Moorehead Robert Keith |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fourteen Hours is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway that 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 stars Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Debra Paget. It also marked the screen debut of Grace Kelly and Jeffrey Hunter, who appear in small roles.[1]
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.