35mm

Fourteen Hours

Henry Hathaway
Part of

54th New York Film Festival

September 30 - 11, 2016

Unfortunately, this screening has been canceled due to a technical issue. All ticket holders have been refunded. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Based on the true story of William Warde, who jumped to his death in 1938 after a policeman had spent hours trying to talk him down from a 17th floor ledge at the old Gotham Hotel (now the Peninsula), Fourteen Hours is an exciting low-budget film shot on the streets of lower Manhattan.

DIRECTOR
Henry Hathaway
YEAR
1951
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
92 minutes
FORMAT
35mm

Unfortunately, this screening has been canceled due to a technical issue. Refunds have been issued to all ticket holders. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

An exciting low-budget film shot on the streets of lower Manhattan, Fourteen Hours is based on the true story of William Warde, who jumped to his death in 1938 after a policeman had spent hours trying to talk him down from a 17th floor ledge at the old Gotham Hotel (now the Peninsula). Richard Basehart (whose wife Stephanie died during production) gives a brilliant performance as the suicidal young man, Paul Douglas is the cop, and the film is packed with formidable character performances (from the likes of Agnes Moorehead, Howard Da Silva, and newcomer Grace Kelly) and vividly cast faces in the crowd below, including those of Ossie Davis, Joyce Van Patten, Brian Keith, and John Cassavetes. A 20th Century-Fox release.

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