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Writers:
John Paxton (screenplay)
Joel Sayre (story)
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Release Date:
April 1951 (USA) more
Tagline:
A new element in screen suspense
Plot:
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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A Noir Hamlet more (24 total)
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Cast

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Paul Douglas ... Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan

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 (as Howard da Silva)
Jeffrey Hunter ... Danny Klempner

Martin Gabel ... Dr. Strauss

Grace Kelly ... Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller

Frank Faylen ... Walter, room service waiter
Jeff Corey ... Police Sgt. Farley
James Millican ... Police Sgt. Boyle
Donald Randolph ... Dr. Benson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
14 Hours (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (re-rated) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #14687) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
The building used was demolished in 1967. It was replaced by the 52-story tower 140 Broadway, noted for its large red cube in the plaza. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Stock rear projection footage of normally-moving motor traffic while Cosick is on ledge is not consistent with huge traffic jam shown in area surrounding hotel where he is threatening suicide leap. more
Quotes:
Cab driver: [Discussing suicide] Yeah, that's a crime, ain't it, knockin' yourself off? They could throw ya in jail, couldn't they? more
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Referenced in The Making of 'High Noon' (1992) (V) more

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A Noir Hamlet, 12 June 2008
Author: anonymouseus from New York City

It's not about homosexuality, as film historian/commentator Foster Hirsch wants to believe. It's a noir Hamlet: "You're gonna jump, you're not gonna jump...!" "To be or not to be" is paraphrased by both Dunnigan and Dr. Strauss (Martin Gabel), but it's one of the reporters who quotes the play directly, "The lady doth protest too much." (Hirsch himself compares the cabby-scenes to a Shakespearean comic sub-plot.) Finally found John Cassavettes: he even has a small speaking part. He's the reporter "announcing" Mrs. Cosick's arrival at the hotel...on the telephone, to his paper. (The receiver obscures the lower part of his face.) Richard Basehart was in his 30's at the time. I read somewhere that Fellini told him, "If you could do '14 Hours,' you can do anything," explaining why RB was chosen to play "Il Matto" in "La Strada" ... a tight-rope walker.

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