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Fourteen Hours Overview:

Fourteen Hours (1951) was a Drama - Film Noir Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sol C. Siegel.

Academy Awards 1951 --- Ceremony Number 24 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Fred J. RodeNominated
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Fourteen Hours BlogHub Articles:

YouTube Noir — Noirvember Day 20: Fourteen Hours (1951)

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 20, 2020 From Shadows and Satin

Finding Fourteen Hours (1951) was a happy accident. Before a couple of years ago, I’d never even heard of it before – despite the fact that the cast includes noir vets Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Agnes Moorehead, Jeff Corey, and Howard da Silva. I don’t even remember how I happened to stum... Read full article

Fourteen Hours (1951)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 11, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Fourteen Hours is a taut little thriller, based off real circumstances that occurred in New York in 1938. The film opens with a young man standing on the ledge of a tall hotel in New York city. An unsuspecting waiter happens upon him and a traffic cop (Paul Douglas) spies him from the street below. ... Read full article

Fourteen Hours (1951)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 11, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Fourteen Hours is a taut little thriller, based on real circumstances that occurred in New York in 1938. The film opens with a young man standing on the ledge of a tall hotel in New York City. An unsuspecting waiter happens upon him and a traffic cop (Paul Douglas) spies him from the street below. A... Read full article

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Fourteen Hours Quotes:

Cab driver: [about the jumper] Yeah, if I had my M-2, I could knock him off from here - clean!
Deputy Chief Moskar: [Inquiring about Cosick's hysterical mother] What goes with her anyway?
Dr. Strauss: [Disgusted] She's a case, just like the boy!
Robert Cosick: Everybody lies to me!
Robert Cosick: You should have ten good reasons for anything. That's a rule!
Cab driver: [Discussing suicide] Yeah, that's a crime, ain't it, knockin' yourself off? They could throw ya in jail, couldn't they?
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Fourteen Hours Facts
Film debut of Grace Kelly.
The production used a real bank building in New York (The Guaranty Trust Co.) and they planned to film all of the outdoor crowd scenes over Memorial Day weekend. However, the ledge on the bank building turned out to be too narrow, so an extension was built (12 inches deep, 42 feet wide)) and filming ended up taking two weeks. The entire bank building was dressed with curtains, a new entrance canopy, metal nameplates, and marquee. The replica of the hotel ledge that was built on Fox's Stage 8 cost $32,000.
This film is based on a real life incident which happened July 26, 1938 in New York City. John W. Warde, 26 years of age, leaped seventeen floors to his death from the ledge outside a room in the Hotel Gotham.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onMarch 23, 1953 with Paul Douglas reprising his film role.
Except for brief scoring under the main titles and at the film's conclusion, the film has no music.
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