Ace in the Hole (1951)

8.3	Listal rating
8.2	IMDB rating

Drama (4), Classic (3), 1950s (3), Film Noir (2), Kirk Douglas (2), Black And White (1), Usa (1), Journalism (1), Billy Wilder (1), 1951 (1), Recently Watched (1), Jan Sterling (1), $1000 Newspaper Man (1), Director Billy Wilder (1), 501 Must-See (1)

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Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in a mine. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for ... (more)

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Starring (View all) :

Chuck Tatum

Lorraine Minosa

Herbie Cook

Jacob Q. Boot

Mr. Federber

Leo Minosa

Sheriff Gus Kretzer

McCardle

Papa Minosa

Mama Minosa

Written by (View all) :

Billy Wilder

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ACE IN THE HOLE

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Jul 27 3:07

This is one of my favourite Billy Wilder movies. Kirk Douglas was superb as cynical newspaper reporter Chuck Tatum and Jan Sterling was just magnificent as unfaithful wife Lorraine Minosa. The impressive supporting cast includes Ray Teal, Porter Hall, Bob Arthur and Richard Benedict. Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas) is a down on his luck unscrupulous New York reporter fired from various papers for his indiscretions. He is forced to take a job on a small Albuquerque newspaper as the New York papers will no longer employ him. After a year on the paper and bored with his routine assignments he dreams of the day he will eventually make a name for himself with the "big story". Out with a younger reporter (Bob Arthur) one day to cover a local story about rattlesnakes he discovers that a man ...Read more

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