Some of his films include murder, my sweet in 1944, cornered in 1945, crossfire in 1947 an adaptation of the controversial novel the brick foxhole that earned him his only. It will have you on the edge of your seat from the start. Fourteen hours is a 1951 american film noir drama directed by henry hathaway, which tells the story of a new york city police officer trying to stop a. Fourteen hours pioneered the manonaledge genre, which found great success in the 70s and 80s on absolutely every sitcom i ever watched. Fourteen hours film noir, a classic film style of the 40s and 50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and highcontrast lighting. Fourteen hours 1951 cast and crew preparing to jump from the ledge of a skyscraper, robert cosick richard basehart, a depressed young man, is spotted by police officer charlie dunnigan paul. 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. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer.
Gripping drama directed by henry hathaway with richard basehart, paul douglas and grace kelly in a secondary part as her film debut. Fourteen hours 1951 richard basehart, paul douglas filmnoir. Its based on the story of john warde, who on a fine summers day perched on the 17th floor of new yorks hotel gotham on july 26, 1938, for fourteen hours and threatened to jump. Fourteen hours 1951 preparing to jump from the ledge of a skyscraper, robert cosick richard basehart, a depressed young man, is spotted by police officer charlie dunnigan paul douglas, who. Watch fourteen hours online stream full movie directv. Fourteen hours 1951 while on patrol on lower manhattan on st. As the waiter frank faylen turns to give the guest richard basehart. Although this film traffics in some of the worst movie cliches the goodhearted, potatonosed irishamerican cop. Fourteen hours 1951 starring paul douglas and richard basehart. The image measures 1446 2159 pixels and is 645 kilobytes large. 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. Right out of the gate, its got all the manonaledge tropes. Preparing to jump from the ledge of a skyscraper, robert cosick richard basehart, a depressed young man, is spotted by police officer charlie dunnigan paul douglas, who attempts to talk him down. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer.
The closest thing to a romance in the film is an accidental meeting in. Filled with genuine nailbiting tension, this multitextured drama centers on the 14hourlong relationship between a distraught, suicidal man standing upon the narrow ledge of a. While fourteen hours may sound like having a boilerplate plot to modern audiences. Ive watched this film a couple of times on the fox movie channel and i really think its a pretty good little suspensedrama. The scripts collection contains an 8 dec 1950 cutting continuity revealing that the film originally ended with robert falling to his death after being frightened by the. The film also was nominated for the bafta award for best film from any source. When i was a kid, i naturally just assumed all adults ended up on the ledge of a building sooner or later. Try watching fourteen hours as an adaptation of hamlet.
High resolution movie poster image for fourteen hours 1951. Fourteen hours 1951 directer henry hathaways the dark corner 1946 taut film noir, about a desperately unhappy man who threatens to commit suicide by standing on the ledge of a highrise building for 14 hours. Nov 14, 2016 for grace kelly, this was a long journey that ensured many triumphs and rejection, but at the end of the road, kelly finally reached her dream destination in 1951, when she made her silver screen debut in fourteen hours, a film that is based on true events. A breath of fresh air after all the blood, gore and smash em up films of today. Comprising many of hollywoods finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femmes fatales and moral conflict. Preparing to jump from the ledge of a skyscraper, robert cosick richard basehart, a depressed young man, is spotted by police officer charlie dunnigan paul.
Fourteen hours starts with a room service delivery to room 1505 of the rodney hotel in new york city on st. Fourteen hours is een amerikaanse film noir uit 1951 onder regie van henry hathaway. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Fourteen hours 1951 in the good old days of classic. Rent 14 hours 1951 starring richard basehart and paul douglas on dvd and bluray. Fourteen hours is a 1951 american film noir drama directed by henry hathaway, which 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. Fourteen hours also marked the return to the screen of broadway actor george macquarrie, who had not appeared in a film since the 1943 rko production this land is mine. Fourteen hours is an interesting 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. Fourteen hours 1951 trivia 33 add new this film is based on a reallife incident which happened july 26, 1938, in new york city. The film won critical acclaim for richard basehart, who portrayed the mentally disturbed man on the building ledge. John paxton may 21, 1911, kansas city, missouri january 5, 1985, santa monica, california was an american screenwriter. He was married to sarah jane, who worked in public relations for 20th century fox. Fourteen hours is an interesting 1951 film about the efforts of a new york police officer played by paul douglas to stop a despondent man richard basehart from. New york film locations from the movie fourteen hours starring richard basehart.
To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does. The scripts collection contains an december 8, 1950 cutting continuity revealing that the film originally ended with robert falling to his death after being frightened by the. For his performance in the movie, basehart won the 1951 award for best actor by the board. Fourteen hours chronicles the time robert cosick spends on the ledge outside his 15th floor hotel room window, and the media frenzy surrounding it. While fourteen hours may sound like having a boilerplate plot to modern audiences, it also proves quite successfully that sometimes the simplest plots are the best, as the movie has an exemplary. The otherwise fictional story was inspired by an actual standoff in new york in 1938 between police and a man attempting suicide, which drew crowds of. Patricks day, traffic cop charlie dunnigan paul douglas spots a potential suicide on a ledge of a broadway hotel. The single theme that occupies 1951s fourteen hours starring paul.
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