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73% Critic Match
Fourteen Hours
“A new element in screen suspense”
7.3 / 10• 1951• 1h 32m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Paul Douglas
Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
Lead
Richard Basehart
Robert Cosick
Barbara Bel Geddes
Virginia Foster
Debra Paget
Ruth
Agnes Moorehead
Christine Hill Cosick
Robert Keith
Paul E. Cosick
Howard Da Silva
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Jeffrey Hunter
Danny Klempner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Hathaway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fourteen Hours is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
