Ace in the Hole
(1951)
Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top ... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman, Victor Desny
Language: English
Studio: Criterion Collection
Duration: 111
Rated: K-16
DVD Release: May 2014
Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas (Spartacus) gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilder's follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expos‚ of the American media's appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time.
Kirk Douglas | Chuck Tatum |
Jan Sterling | Lorraine Minosa |
Bob Arthur | |
Robert Arthur | Herbie Cook (as Bob Arthur) |
Porter Hall | Jacob Q. Boot |
Frank Cady | Al Federber |
Richard Benedict | Leo Minosa |
Ray Teal | Sheriff Gus Kretzer |
Lewis Martin | McCardle |
John Berkes | Papa Minosa |
Frances Dominguez | Mama Minosa |
Gene Evans | Deputy Sheriff |
Frank Jaquet | Sam Smollett |
Harry Harvey | Dr. Hilton |
Bob Bumpas | Radio Announcer |
Geraldine Hall | Nellie Federber |
Hugo Friedhofer | Composer |
Charles Lang | Cinematographer |
Genre: Drama, Film Noir
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
IMDb: 0043338