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
Release date
March 6, 1951 (1951-03-06) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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.[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.
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FourteenHours 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...
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is then pressed into moulds and cured in an autoclave for three to fourteenhours to speed the chemical hardening. The finished bricks are very accurate...
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