Fourteen Hours Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas

1951 · crime · drama · mystery

Fourteen Hours is a 1951 film noir directed by Henry Hathaway. The film won critical acclaim for Richard Basehart, who portrayed the mentally disturbed man on the building ledge. Paul Douglas played the police officer, and a large supporting cast included Barbara Bel Geddes, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Debra Paget and Howard Da Silva. It was the screen debut of Grace Kelly and Jeffrey Hunter, who appeared in small roles. The screenplay was written by John Paxton, based on an article by Joel Sayre in The New Yorker describing the 1938 suicide of John William Warde. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.