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.

Paul Douglas
as Police Ofcr. 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 Police Chief Moskar

Jeffrey Hunter
as Danny Klempner

Martin Gabel
as Dr. Strauss

Grace Kelly
as Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
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When some lady lets out an almighty yell, local traffic cop "Dunnigan" (Paul Douglas) looks up and espies a gent standing on a window ledge of an hotel some fifteen stories up. He races up to the man's room and what ensues for the next ninety-odd minutes sees him trying to understand just why the yo...