“Fourteen Hours” is a riveting drama about a policeman trying to talk a man out of jumping to his death from the fifteen floor of a hotel. Henry Hathaway (“Down to the Sea in Ships” 1949) tightly directed this melodrama from an excellent screenplay by John Paxton. The film was nominated for one Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Kudos to producer Sol C. Siegel and 20th Century Fox.
Paul Douglas and Richard Basehart delivered fine performances as the policeman and the distraught man, respectively. They drew rave reviews at the time, especially Basehart. The supporting cast is bustling with talent such as Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Frank Faylen, Jeff Corey, James Millican, and Donald Randolph as Dr. Benson. Jeffrey Hunter and Grace Kelly appeared in small parts, marking the film debut of both. Hunter and Kelly would again work with director Hathaway in “High Society” in 1956.
Fourteen Hours (1951)
cinema
My Review
“Fourteen Hours” is a riveting drama about a policeman trying to talk a man out of jumping to his death from the fifteen floor of a hotel. Henry Hathaway (“Down to the Sea in Ships” 1949) tightly directed this melodrama from an excellent screenplay by John Paxton. The film was nominated for one Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Kudos to producer Sol C. Siegel and 20th Century Fox.
Paul Douglas and Richard Basehart delivered fine performances as the policeman and the distraught man, respectively. They drew rave reviews at the time, especially Basehart. The supporting cast is bustling with talent such as Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Frank Faylen, Jeff Corey, James Millican, and Donald Randolph as Dr. Benson. Jeffrey Hunter and Grace Kelly appeared in small parts, marking the film debut of both. Hunter and Kelly would again work with director Hathaway in “High Society” in 1956.