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Un uomo infelice minaccia di suicidarsi stando sul davanzale di un grattacielo per 14 ore.Un uomo infelice minaccia di suicidarsi stando sul davanzale di un grattacielo per 14 ore.Un uomo infelice minaccia di suicidarsi stando sul davanzale di un grattacielo per 14 ore.
- Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 2 vittorie e 4 candidature totali
Howard Da Silva
- Deputy Police Chief Moskar
- (as Howard da Silva)
Parley Baer
- Bartender
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
George Baxter
- Attorney
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Leonard Bell
- Mrs. Fuller's Cab Driver
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Richard Beymer
- Bit Part
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
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- QuizFilm debut of Grace Kelly.
- BlooperAt the end of the movie the son of Officer Dunnigan enters through the revolving door in a clockwise, wrong, direction. Officer Dunnigan and he hug and then leave the hotel, exiting through the revolving door, again pushing it in a clockwise, wrong, direction even though all revolving doors turn in a counter-clockwise direction. The push handles are clearly visible on the opposite side of the door.
- Citazioni
Room Service Waiter: [calling the hotel switchboard to report the man on the ledge] Operator!
Hotel Switchboard Operator: [taking her time to answer in taking a drink of coffee] Good morning.
Room Service Waiter: This is the waiter. Fifteen oh five.
Hotel Switchboard Operator: I'll connect you with room service.
Room Service Waiter: No, no!
Room Service Waiter: I don't want a waiter, I am a waiter!
Room Service Waiter: [after a brief pause] There's a man...
- Curiosità sui crediti[END TITLE]
Out of past experience, the emergency rescue squad of the New York Police has developed techniques to deal with problems of this nature quietly, quickly and efficiently. For their expert advice and cooperation in the filming of this picture we are particularly grateful.
- Versioni alternativeTwo endings were shot, one in which Richard Basehart dies, one in which he doesn't. Some original prints show the two different endings one right after the other.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Stars of the Silver Screen: Grace Kelly (2013)
Recensione in evidenza
FOURTEEN HOURS begins with Richard Basehart walking onto the ledge outside his hotel room. He's about to jump but can't quite bring himself to do it. A nearby cop (Paul Douglas) looks up and sees him on this ledge on the 15th floor and hurries over to the hotel to try to talk him out of jumping. Soon, his superiors come and relieve him--they'll work on trying to get Basehart down and Douglas simply isn't trained for this sort of thing. However, the so-called experts don't seem to get through to them, so they get Douglas back--after all, he had developed some rapport with the jumper. Soon, a series of family members are brought to help out, though in hindsight his mother (Agnes Moorehead) visiting was probably NOT the best idea. Does he jump or does he chose life? And, why in the first place did he decide to end it all? See for yourself to find out--you won't be sorry you did.
This film has one of the simpler plots I can think of--yet it all seemed to work very well. This is because the film was written so very well and the actors managed to make the most of it--especially Douglas as a sort of "everyman" cop. Taut direction, excellent lighting and a first-class production all around sure helped. Who would have thought such a deceptively ordinary idea could be handled so well?
This film has one of the simpler plots I can think of--yet it all seemed to work very well. This is because the film was written so very well and the actors managed to make the most of it--especially Douglas as a sort of "everyman" cop. Taut direction, excellent lighting and a first-class production all around sure helped. Who would have thought such a deceptively ordinary idea could be handled so well?
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