Ace in the Hole
1951, NR, 112 min. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., July 13, 2000
Billy Wilder’s cynicism takes center stage in this all-too-believable movie (aka The Big Carnival) about a newspaper reporter on a small New Mexico daily who hopes to win his ticket back to the big leagues by milking a human interest story about a man trapped in some historic ruins. Behind the scenes, the reporter “encourages” a delay in the rescue operation so that he controls exclusive daily coverage of the scoop.
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Ace in the Hole, Billy Wilder, Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall