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.
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.