Fourteen Hours

Synopsis: 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 that.
Director(s): Henry Hathaway
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1951
92 min
126 Views


Geez.

Dunnigan, Traffic "A."

There's a jumper on the ledge-

Hotel Rodney.

Fifteen- 16 floors, I think.

Yes, sir!

S- S- Stay away from me,

or I'll jump.

Operator!

- Good morning.

- This is the waiter in 1505.

- I'll connect you with Room Service.

- No, no!

I don't want a waiter.

I am a waiter. There's a man.

- What room is it? What floor?

- I don't know exactly.

It's two, three floors from the top.

I couldn't tell.

- Get Mr. Regan.

- Well, I'll get Mr. Harris!

Would you get Mr. Harris?

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Harris. There's a man-

- What room is it?

- 1505.

- Answer that call. Don't get excited. And get Mr. Regan.

- Yes. Yes, sir.

- Look, sister, tell Emergency when they come it's 1505.

- Yes, sir.

No, Mr. Regan, they're not,

b- but they're on their way.

Yes, sir.

So what is it, advertising?

- Could be.

- It could.

You come in from there.

You'll have to come in from there.

The police will be here in a minute.

If those cops come near me...

I'll jump.

I'd make a grab for him,

but he's too fast.

- Officer, can't you grab him?

- Well, I don't know.

- This is the worst possible thing to happen to the hotel.

- Be careful.

He says he'll jump

if the police come near him.

Give me your tie.

Your tie.

- Who is he?

- Oh, I-I-

- Well, check the registration!

- Yes, sir.

That's a pretty dangerous thing

you're doing, kid.

You might fall off and hurt somebody.

I live on this floor.

I heard the racket, so-

They tell me in there

you don't go much for cops.

Sometimes I feel the same way.

But if you stay out there much longer, kid,

the joint's gonna be creepin' with cops.

Well, they may be a little sore

about this happening on St. Pat's Day.

It's their big day.

They got their buttons polished and-

Listen, I could sneak you down the hall

into my room before they get up here.

We could order some breakfast,

and then we-

Quiet.

- Okay, let's clear the room, bud.

- I'm the manager, Mr. Regan.

Okay, okay. Get some keys.

Open up these connecting doors.

Go on upstairs, see if we can drop a loop on him.

- Okay.

- Just a minute. Who's Deputy Chief Moksar?

I am. Hey, hey. Stay away from there.

Get away from the window.

Yeah?

I'll have him off in a minute.

No. I don't want

any brain specialists underfoot.

Okay. Send them around.

Make 'em happy.

Look, kid.

I'm gonna level with you.

I'm a cop, but I don't shoot anybody.

I'm on traffic detail.

I was tagging a car downstairs

when I saw you out here.

I don't know from nothin' about

what you think you're doin' or why...

but you look like a nice kid to me.

I hate to see you make a bad mistake.

You oughta come in and think it over.

The longer you stay out here,

the rougher it's gonna be.

Your room is knee-deep in brass now,

and in another five minutes-

- What are you supposed to be?

- We found out he checked in last night.

William E. Cook, Philadelphia.

Mr. Harris checked the Philadelphia directory,

and there's no William E. -

Okay, okay. Go on out there,

keep an eye on him.

Well, what did you find out?

What did he say?

Well, I- Nothin' yet,

but I think I got him goin'.

Maybe if we could find out who he is,

we'd find out what's eatin' him.

Maybe he was in the army.

If we could get his prints- maybe in

the bathroom-we could check the files.

Who are you? What's your beat?

Traffic "A." Dunnigan, sir.

I put in the call.

Okay, Dunnigan.

Go see about your traffic.

Get away from me, or I'll jump!

- Did he jump yet?

- You goin' down?

Sure. Sure. I mean, yes, sir.

Hello, Joe.

Where you been? All right.

I want a couple of fingerprint men

up here right away.

Looks like he used a phony name.

I wanna get a line on him.

All right.

- What did you find?

- Two shirts.

- Hello. Give me the desk.

- Come out of there.

I'm holding this bathroom

for fingerprints.

I'm saving the trunks for the police.

You'll have to talk to the manager.

This is the manager.

This is Mr. Regan. Give me the desk.

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Regan.

Just a minute. Here's the desk.

Get 'em out of here.

They can't look.

Oh, boy, boy. Will you get

my bags from 702, please?

Sorry, mister. I'm in a hurry.

- I want to see the manager!

- I'm sorry, but Mr. Regan just-

Excuse me. Yes?

Are they kidding?

If he jumps from that high up,

he'll go through this thing like a bullet.

- Give him something to shoot at anyway.

- Yeah.

Go on. Go ahead.

Come on then. Keep it going!

Hey, look out! He jumped!

He's gonna land on top of you!

- He sure picked himself a good spot for it.

- He sure did.

No way to get at him.

The balcony's in the way. He'd see me

before I could get set to drop a loop on him.

Here. You better stand by,

and make sure that he doesn't see you.

I'm sorry about this, folks.

I'll see if I can get your room changed.

All right.

- Take these doctors right up.

- Yes, sir.

Follow me, please.

- Careful.

- NBC.

Go ahead.

- That's no good!

- What's the matter?

- It's the wrong color. It's out of date.

- Look, mister-

Get a new card, you-

If they don't jump the first hour,

they don't jump.

Well, that's what they say.

- Hey, is it slowing up down here?

- Yes, sir.

You better get down there

and give the boys a hand with that traffic.

Romp on those cabbies.

Take it easy, junior.

That isn't gonna get you anyplace.

Save it for New Year's.

- Officer!

- Yeah?

Are we going to be able

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John Paxton

John Paxton (May 21, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri - January 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American screenwriter. He was married to Sarah Jane, who worked in public relations for 20th Century Fox.Some of his films include Murder, My Sweet in 1944, Cornered in 1945, Crossfire in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel The Brick Foxhole that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie The Wild One in 1953 starring Marlon Brando. Paxton's work twice received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, for Murder, My Sweet and Crossfire. more…

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