Fourteen Hours
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| Fourteen Hours | |
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Written by | John Paxton |
| Starring | Paul Douglas Richard Basehart Barbara Bel Geddes |
| Release date(s) | 1951 |
| Country |  US |
| Language | English |
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Fourteen Hours is a 1951 film about the efforts of a New York police officer (played by Paul Douglas) to stop a despondent man (Richard Basehart) from jumping from a building ledge. The otherwise fictional story was inspired an actual standoff in New York in 1938 between police and a man attempting suicide, which drew crowds of bystanders and media coverage as hours went by.
The screenplay was written by John Paxton, based on an article by Joel Sayre in The New Yorker, and was directed by Henry Hathaway. It co-starred Barbara Bel Geddes, and was the first movie of Grace Kelly and Jeffrey Hunter, who have supporting roles.
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The video "Pure Morning" from the band Placebo is inspired by this movie.
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