Fourteen Hours (1951)
- Directed by
- Henry Hathaway
- Genre
- drama film, film noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police officer spends hours trying to coax a distressed man off a hotel ledge. The crowd below watches and reacts as the standoff unfolds.
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What happens
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 marks 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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