Fourteen Hours

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Geez.

Dunnigan, Traffic "A."

There's a jumper on the ledge-

Hotel Rodney.

Fifteen- 16 floors, I think.

Yes, sir!

S- S- Stay away from me,

or I'll jump.

Operator!

- Good morning.

- This is the waiter in 1505.

- I'll connect you with Room Service.

- No, no!

I don't want a waiter.

I am a waiter. There's a man.

- What room is it? What floor?

- I don't know exactly.

It's two, three floors from the top.

I couldn't tell.

- Get Mr. Regan.

- Well, I'll get Mr. Harris!

Would you get Mr. Harris?

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Harris. There's a man-

- What room is it?

- 1505.

- Answer that call. Don't get excited. And get Mr. Regan.

- Yes. Yes, sir.

- Look, sister, tell Emergency when they come it's 1505.

- Yes, sir.

No, Mr. Regan, they're not,

b- but they're on their way.

Yes, sir.

So what is it, advertising?

- Could be.

- It could.

You come in from there.

You'll have to come in from there.

The police will be here in a minute.

If those cops come near me...

I'll jump.

I'd make a grab for him,

but he's too fast.

- Officer, can't you grab him?

- Well, I don't know.

- This is the worst possible thing to happen to the hotel.

- Be careful.

He says he'll jump

if the police come near him.

Give me your tie.

Your tie.

- Who is he?

- Oh, I-I-

- Well, check the registration!

- Yes, sir.

That's a pretty dangerous thing

you're doing, kid.

You might fall off and hurt somebody.

I live on this floor.

I heard the racket, so-

They tell me in there

you don't go much for cops.

Sometimes I feel the same way.

But if you stay out there much longer, kid,

the joint's gonna be creepin' with cops.

Well, they may be a little sore

about this happening on St. Pat's Day.

It's their big day.

They got their buttons polished and-

Listen, I could sneak you down the hall

into my room before they get up here.

We could order some breakfast,

and then we-

Quiet.

- Okay, let's clear the room, bud.

- I'm the manager, Mr. Regan.

Okay, okay. Get some keys.

Open up these connecting doors.

Go on upstairs, see if we can drop a loop on him.

- Okay.

- Just a minute. Who's Deputy Chief Moksar?

I am. Hey, hey. Stay away from there.

Get away from the window.

Yeah?

I'll have him off in a minute.

No. I don't want

any brain specialists underfoot.

Okay. Send them around.

Make 'em happy.

Look, kid.

I'm gonna level with you.

I'm a cop, but I don't shoot anybody.

I'm on traffic detail.

I was tagging a car downstairs

when I saw you out here.

I don't know from nothin' about

what you think you're doin' or why...

but you look like a nice kid to me.

I hate to see you make a bad mistake.

You oughta come in and think it over.

The longer you stay out here,

the rougher it's gonna be.

Your room is knee-deep in brass now,

and in another five minutes-

- What are you supposed to be?

- We found out he checked in last night.

William E. Cook, Philadelphia.

Mr. Harris checked the Philadelphia directory,

and there's no William E. -

Okay, okay. Go on out there,

keep an eye on him.

Well, what did you find out?

What did he say?

Well, I- Nothin' yet,

but I think I got him goin'.

Maybe if we could find out who he is,

we'd find out what's eatin' him.

Maybe he was in the army.

If we could get his prints- maybe in

the bathroom-we could check the files.

Who are you? What's your beat?

Traffic "A." Dunnigan, sir.

I put in the call.

Okay, Dunnigan.

Go see about your traffic.

Get away from me, or I'll jump!

- Did he jump yet?

- You goin' down?

Sure. Sure. I mean, yes, sir.

Hello, Joe.

Where you been? All right.

I want a couple of fingerprint men

up here right away.

Looks like he used a phony name.

I wanna get a line on him.

All right.

- What did you find?

- Two shirts.

- Hello. Give me the desk.

- Come out of there.

I'm holding this bathroom

for fingerprints.

I'm saving the trunks for the police.

You'll have to talk to the manager.

This is the manager.

This is Mr. Regan. Give me the desk.

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Regan.

Just a minute. Here's the desk.

Get 'em out of here.

They can't look.

Oh, boy, boy. Will you get

my bags from 702, please?

Sorry, mister. I'm in a hurry.

- I want to see the manager!

- I'm sorry, but Mr. Regan just-

Excuse me. Yes?

Are they kidding?

If he jumps from that high up,

he'll go through this thing like a bullet.

- Give him something to shoot at anyway.

- Yeah.

Go on. Go ahead.

Come on then. Keep it going!

Hey, look out! He jumped!

He's gonna land on top of you!

- He sure picked himself a good spot for it.

- He sure did.

No way to get at him.

The balcony's in the way. He'd see me

before I could get set to drop a loop on him.

Here. You better stand by,

and make sure that he doesn't see you.

I'm sorry about this, folks.

I'll see if I can get your room changed.

All right.

- Take these doctors right up.

- Yes, sir.

Follow me, please.

- Careful.

- NBC.

Go ahead.

- That's no good!

- What's the matter?

- It's the wrong color. It's out of date.

- Look, mister-

Get a new card, you-

If they don't jump the first hour,

they don't jump.

Well, that's what they say.

- Hey, is it slowing up down here?

- Yes, sir.

You better get down there

and give the boys a hand with that traffic.

Romp on those cabbies.

Take it easy, junior.

That isn't gonna get you anyplace.

Save it for New Year's.

- Officer!

- Yeah?

Are we going to be able

to get through?

I've got an important appointment.

I'm late now.

They expect you today, dear,

you'd better walk.

Take it easy. That's it.

- There you are.

- Thank you.

It's all right.

Look at him.

Just like a bug takin' a walk.

Yeah. If I had my M2,

I could knock him off from here clean.

- Get back in your cabs.

- What do you want us to do about it, go straight up?

Keep your hair on and lay off the horns.

You'll never get through.

- If we get a chance, we'll back 'em out.

- Okay, okay!

I should've listened to my old lady

and stood in bed. Who's St. Patrick?

Is this a gag or something?

A guy trying to get a seat for the parade?

It's no gag.

He threatened to jump.

That's a crime, knocking yourself off.

They could throw you in jail.

- What's the matter? Beef with his old lady?

- Nuts, huh?

He's just a kid. Maybe he's a loopy,

but he didn't look like it to me.

- You seen him close up? You was up there?

- Yeah.

- The cop says he was up there with the guy.

- Hey, what did he say?

He said he was gonna jump

and he didn't want to talk to anybody.

Ah, let him. Who cares?

Think of how many guys gets killed in wars.

Nobody stands around watchin' 'em.

Any guy's nuts enough, let him.

He's better off.

Everybody's better off.

I figured on a good day today.

Did you hear this guy?

Here's a guy want tojump down-

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Why don't you people go to work?

Haven't any of you got jobs?

Oh, come on!

We better hurry. We're late now.

Twice already this week

I've been late...

and I don't want any additional

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