Fourteen Hours

(1951)

92 minutes

Drama

Directed by Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Paul Douglas as Charlie Dunnigan
Richard Basehart as Robert Cosick
Barbara Bel Geddes as Virginia Foster
Debra Paget as Ruth
Agnes Moorehead as Christine Hill Cosick
Robert Keith as Paul E. Cosick
Howard Da Silva as Deputy Chief Moskar
Jeffrey Hunter as Danny Klempner
Martin Gabel as Dr. Strauss
Grace Kelly as Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
Frank Faylen as Walter
Jeff Corey as Police Sgt. Farley
James Millican as Police Sgt. Boyle
Donald Randolph as Dr. Benson

The main male character, Robert Cosick is suffering from depression due to the lack of family love and support along with the thoughts that he is not a good enough man to keep those around him happy.

He climbs to the top of a ledge of a building and threatens to commit suicide.  A policeman, Charlie Dunnigan, spends the next fourteen hours trying to talk him out of making this huge mistake along with the help of psychiatrists, Cosick's dysfunctional parents and his ex-fiancee.
 
Sadly, no one is successful in the end from preventing Cosick from taking his own life.