Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951. Actor Paul Douglas' leather-bound Revised Final Shooting Script (with still photos bound in) for the 1951 film noir, "Fourteen Hours," directed by Henry Hathaway, written for the screen by John Paxton from a story by Joel Sayre, and starring Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Grace Kelly, Richard Basehart, Agnes Moorehead, Ossie Davis, Brian Keith, and Howard da Silva. Based on an actual incident, "Fourteen Hours" is a high-tension noir drama about a man teetering on the verge of self-destruction and how his dilemma affects those around him. Robert Cosick (Basehart) is a desperate and despondent young man who creeps onto the ledge of a skyscraper in downtown New York and threatens to jump. For the next fourteen hours, Dunnigan (Douglas), a policeman who is passing by, tries to talk him down, searching for a way to convince him that life is worth living. A crowd forms on the street below as Dunnigan talks with Cosick; Danny (Jeffrey Hunter) and Ruth (Debra Paget) meet as they watch the grim spectacle and discover how much they have in common. Meanwhile, in a building across the street, a young woman about to sign her divorce papers (Grace Kelly) finds herself wondering if she should give up on her marriage so hastily as she watches Cosick debate about throwing away his life. Blue leather, with the title stamped on the front board and spine, and Paul Douglas' name stamped in gilt at the bottom right corner of the front board. Thirteen silver gelatin still prints bound in throughout. Marbled endpapers. Title page present, with a date of May 25, 1950, and credits for screenwriter Paxton present. 159 pages, mimeographed, all white. Pages Near Fine, leather binding Fine. Based on an actual incident from July 26, 1938 in New York City in which John W. Warde, 26 years of age, leaped seventeen floors to his death from the ledge outside a room in the Hotel Gotham. Shot on location in New York City, the building used was demolished in 1967 and replaced by the 52-story tower at 140 Broadway, noted for its large red cube in the plaza. Producer Sol C. Siegel won permission from the New York Police Department to rope off a large section of downtown New York as one extensive set. One of the best "shot on location" noirs of the 1950s, and actress Grace Kelly's film debut. Selby 142. [Book #110585]