Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951 | 2h 4m | Noir, Satire | TV-14

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Brief Synopsis

Down-and-out reporter Chuck Tatum will stop at nothing to get a story. He ruthlessly exploits a cave-in disaster for his own gain -- with blistering consequences.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Billy Wilder

CAST

Kirk Douglas

Jan Sterling

Robert Arthur

Porter Hall

Frank Cady

Richard Benedict

Ray Teal

Lewis Martin

PRODUCERS

Billy Wilder

WRITERS

Billy Wilder

Lesser Samuels

Walter Newman

Host Intros

07:14
Journalism In The Movies -- Ace In The Hole (1951)
Intro Aired: Mar 2019
Introduction and comments following Ace In The Hole, 1951, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guest Carl Bernstein.
01:40
Madeleine Stowe Intro -- Ace In The Hole (1951)
Intro Aired: Jun 2016
Guest host Madeleine Stowe introduces Ace In The Hole, 1951.

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Ace In The Hole (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Maybe He'd Like A Little Raw Hamburger
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New Mexico highway cafe business booming for Lorraine (Jan Sterling) as word of her husband trapped in the cave spreads, scheming reporter Tatum (Kirk Douglas) recruits the sheriff (Ray Teal) who joins him pressuring the engineer (Frank Jaquet), in Billy Wilder's Ace In The Hole 1951.
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Ace In The Hole (1951) -- (Movie Clip) We Had A Cave-In
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Jaded reporter Tatum (Kirk Douglas) and cub Herbie (Bob Arthur) have stumbled into a story headed west from Albuquerque, meeting Lorraine (Jan Sterling), her father-in-law (John Berkes) and a deputy sheriff (Gene Evans), early in Billy Wilders Ace In The Hole, 1951.
Ace In The Hole (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Mountain Of The Seven Vultures
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Enterprising newsman Tatum (Kirk Douglas) emerging from the New Mexico cave where a tourist-trap operator is stuck, tangling with a deputy (Gene Evans) then the wife (Jan Sterling), and calling his editor, in Billy Wilder's Ace In The Hole, 1951.
Ace In The Hole (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Federber
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Genuine New Mexico newsman Bob Bumpas reporting as director Billy Wilder's "everyman" Ferderber (Frank Cady) and wife (Geraldine Hall) are interviewed, circus atmosphere growing in Ace In The Hole, 1951, starring Kirk Douglas.
Ace In The Hole (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Pretty Albuquerque
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Hard-luck big city newsman Tatum (Kirk Douglas) has rolled into Albuquerque, because his car broke down, introducing himself to local editor Boot (Porter Hall) with a proposition, opening Billy Wilder's Ace In The Hole, 1951.
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Ace in the Hole -- (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A small-town reporter (Kirk Douglas) milks a local disaster in Billy Wilder's cynical Ace in the Hole (aka The Big Carniaval - 1951).

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