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 it.
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Paul Douglas | Police Officer Charlie Dunnigan |
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Richard Basehart | Robert Cosick |
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Barbara Bel Geddes | Virginia Foster |
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Debra Paget | Ruth |
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Agnes Moorehead | Christine Hill Cosick |
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Robert Keith | Paul E. Cosick |
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Howard Da Silva | Deputy Police Chief Moskar |
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Jeffrey Hunter | Danny Klempner |
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Martin Gabel | Dr. Strauss |
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Grace Kelly | Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller |
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Frank Faylen | Room Service Waiter |
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Jeff Corey | Police Sgt. Farley |
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James Millican | Police Sgt. Boyle |
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Donald Randolph | Dr. Benson |
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Parley Baer | Bartender |
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George Baxter | Attorney |
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Leonard Bell | Cab Driver for Mrs. Fuller |
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Richard Beymer | Bit Part |
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Barry Brooks | Photographer |
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Bernard Burke | Police Captain |
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David Burns | Cab Driver |
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John Cassavetes | Bit Part |
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Gean Danise | Carey - Ruth's Friend |
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Ossie Davis | Cab Driver |
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Brad Dexter | Reporter |
Director | Henry Hathaway |
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Writer | John Paxton, Joel Sayre | |
Producer | Sol C. Siegel | |
Musician | Alfred Newman | |
Photography | Joseph MacDonald |