14 HOURS (FOX FILM NOIR)

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Film noir, a classic film style of the ‘40s and ‘50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood’s finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femmes fatales and moral conflict.; ; This compelling suspense drama spends its time with a tormented young man (Richard Basehart) as he teeters on a New York hotel’s 15th floor window ledge, deciding whether or not to jump. Paul Douglas plays a traffic cop, the first officer on the scene, and through his gentle, compassionate talk, he becomes the only one the man on the ledge trusts. He certainly doesn’t trust his mother (Agnes Moorehead) or ex-fiancée (Barbara Bel Geddes). The crowd below is mesmerized and for some, the fourteen hours that follow will change their lives forever. This film is notable for the film debut of Grace Kelly in a small role.
• Cast: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter, Martin Gabel, Grace Kelly, Frank Faylen, Jeff Corey, James Millican, Donald Randolph, George Baxter, Leonard Bell, Richard Beymer, Barry Brooks, Bernard Burke, David Burns, John Cassavetes, Gean Danise, Ossie Davis, Brad Dexter, Leif Erickson, Michael Fitzmaurice, Gordon Gebert, Sandra Gould, Kenneth Harvey, Jerry Hausner, Russell Hicks, Brian Keith, Rusty Lane, Harvey Lembeck, George MacQuarrie, Rory Mallinson, Renny McEvoy, John McGuire, Bill McLean, Shepard Menken, Ann Morrison, Forbes Murray, Howard Negley, Frank Nelson, George Offerman Jr., Robert Pitkin, Lou Polan, George Putnam, John Randolph, Suzanne Ridgeway, Dan Riss, Lucille Rogers, Janice Rule, Henry Slate, Alix Talton, Jean Temple, Joyce Van Patten, James Warren, Willard Waterman, William H. Welsh, Mervin Williams, Henry Hathaway, John Paxton, Joel Sayre, Sol C. Siegel, Joseph MacDonald, Dorothy Spencer, Alfred Newman, Leland Fuller, Lyle R. Wheeler
• Director: Henry Hathaway
• Runtime: 1:32
• Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (20th Century Fox Film Corporation), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• Media Format: Movie