Flick Review < Fourteen Hours | Henry Hathaway, 1951
Robert Cosick: Everybody lies to me!
Grace Kelly’s screen debut in Fourteen Hours (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: John Paxton (screenplay), Joel Sayre (story)
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Stars: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Grace Kelly
This film is based on a real-life incident which happened July 26, 1938, in New York City.
John W. Warde, 26, leaped 17 floors to his death from the ledge outside a room in the Hotel Gotham.
Howard Hawks refused to direct this movie because of its subject matter.
* Richard Basehart’s performance impressed Federico Fellini, who subsequently cast him
in La Strada (1954)
* Film debut of Grace Kelly and John Cassavetes
Henry Hathaway (right) directs Richard Basehart (left) and Paul Douglas, Fourteen Hours (1951)
