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Fourteen Hours

1951 · 92 min

A taut, claustrophobic suspense piece that wrings unbearable tension from a man on a ledge, while quietly observing the crowd below.

Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes
Tagline
A new element in screen suspense
Overview
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. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.

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Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • guilt
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
John Paxton
Starring
Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Joseph MacDonald
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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