Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

  • Director: Billy Wilder
  • Writer: Billy Wilder,Lesser Samuels,Walter Newman
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Spanish, Latin
  • Release date: July 4, 1951
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: The Human Interest Story
  • Ace in the Hole is a film noir directed by Billy Wilder and starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling .
    The film tells the story of Chuck, a journalist who is good at making news, after learning that Leo, the owner of the small town, was trapped in a cave, and took various means to maintain the news of the incident   . The film was released in the UK on June 15, 1951. In December 2017, the film was included in the list of protected films of the US Library of Congress   .

    Details

    • Release date July 4, 1951
    • Filming locations New Mexico Desert, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,800,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $2,300,000

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kassandra 2022-03-25 09:01:20

      Leo, you are so stupid. Before you die, it is not your parents who love you the most, but a woman who doesn't care about you at all.

      Your lover betrays you, your friends take advantage of you, and the only people who truly love you are your parents. Before he died, he invited a pastor and kept the people in the cave in the dark. The reporter still found out in his conscience. The authenticity of news is the life of news. The responsibility of a reporter is to go to the front line to report facts objectively and fairly, not to take risks to make news. In the eyes of peers, the hero's shameless behavior has tarnished the...

    • By Stephania 2022-03-25 09:01:20

      where are you going

      Why does a man who has been repeatedly fired for drinking and misbehavior think he can still win that world's gamble?

      What kind of unrelenting ambition is manipulating him and leading him to where?

      The newspaper owner in a small town, a businessman, is not necessarily kind, moral, or how profound his insights are, but just out of his duty, he stood on the opposite side of the protagonist and said a powerful sentence:

      Where are you going?

      Consumers are here, charities...

    • By Imelda 2022-03-25 09:01:20

      Upside down trump card

      The inverted trump card is easily reminiscent of another film, Schindler's List. He and Schindler's list have one thing in common, which is to use other people's disaster (unfortunate) to get something. But it is very different from Schindler's list, the former is evil, the latter is the best.

      The inverted trump title means "flop". A down-and-out reporter who was fired from 11 American newspapers. He is very ambitious and has always wanted to make world-shattering news. He looks down...

    • By Catharine 2022-03-25 09:01:20

      The cruelty of human nature, the knife sees blood!

      Great immortal work! Not only about journalistic ethics, but also about the cruelty of human nature, and this kind of cruelty is carried out in the name of kindness: the male protagonist wants to save people and achieve both fame and fame, but in the end, he draws water, because the goodness of saving people will always be there. Gaining fame and fame is lost in evil, like a seesaw, which sinks when you choose one end and the other. Looking at the spectators who came from all directions, they...

    • By Letha 2022-03-24 09:03:35

      upside down trump card upside down humanity

      This film is a typical representative of American noir films in the last century, and it exposes the deformed media at that time. The story tells the story of Chuck, a once-bright reporter who was willing to "direct" a piece of news in order to "make a comeback", which eventually led to the death of the "client".
              We say that media people should be the "trump cards" of the masses and the representatives who speak out for the people. Chuck in the film is a counter-example. In order...

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    • By Burley 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      The last shot is shocking. The male lead reminds me of Capote, but luckily there is at least one person in the farce who really cares about the poor...

    • By Elza 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      8/10. What idiot would say this is a comedy. . . I like to watch the twists and turns of the film noir, the characters with morally depraved characters, and the sharp criticism. The above points are all well done, but they are not interesting enough for Wilder's work. The structure and audio-visual There is nothing outstanding, especially the first half is quite boring, such a high rating is completely overrated. ....

    • By Mossie 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      The hero is smug and cheeky, so the first half is particularly good-looking (use the typewriter to move the pole to light a cigarette! A 9-point man is not moved by a 6-point woman, eh). The impeccable language of the film is the character arc... the supporting roles are also...

    • By Norberto 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      The world is full of interests, and they put on the cloak of morality only to pursue people's desire to spy. The interior of the cave was photographed three times, and only reporters, doctors, and priests saw the victims—the conscience of the secular, scientific, and religious. Public opinion can continue without the life and death of the characters, and whether the poor people live or die is only entangled with the reporter's personal conscience. Quite an open scene, the story develops very...

    • By Zion 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      9/10 Billy Wilder, the master of prophecy 65 years ago, who seemed absurd at the time is now insane. The dawn of human nature is the director's beautiful hope, but the expansion of interests and desires makes reality more magical (even the victims in the film may be fictional today), and the real victims have become blind followers. Even more terrifying is the momentum that fuels the...

    Movie plot

    Penniless journalist Chuck ( Kirk Douglas ) lives in a small town in New Mexico, where he pitches himself to the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper as a news-making genius. The quiet small-town life bored Chuck, who used to work in New York. On this day, the editor-in-chief ordered Chuck to go out to interview, but Chuck unexpectedly learned that Leo, a small town shopkeeper, was trapped in a cave on the way. Chuck was sensitively...
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    Evaluation action

    "Ace in the Hole" presents curated news, a poignant satire on the work ethic of the media and the popular taste of entertaining to death, that remains relevant even in the 21st century   . (Time Net Review)
    This is a unique noir film, although the film takes place almost entirely during the day under the mountain sun, it has an extremely dark theme and rich shadow effects, which contrast with the ugliness of the characters' inner...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jacob Q. Boot: [after learning that Tatum was once fired from another newspaper for "starting something" with the publisher's wife] Now about that publisher's wife. I think you should know that Mrs. Boot is a grandmother three times. If you want to start something with her, she'd be very flattered.

    • Charles Tatum: Leo Minosa is dead. He died a quarter of an hour ago with the drill just ten feet away. There is nothing we can do anymore. There is nothing anybody can do anymore.

      [long pause]

      Charles Tatum: No go home, all of you.

      [referring to the entire set up infront of the mountain metaphorically which also includes the display of the media and consumerism in general]

      Charles Tatum: The circus is over!

    • Herbie Cook: The old man sure looked bad. Did you see his face?

      Charles Tatum: Yeah.

      Herbie Cook: Like the faces of those folks you see outside a coal mine with maybe 84 men trapped inside.

      Charles Tatum: One man's better than 84. Didn't they teach you that?

      Herbie Cook: Teach me what?

      Charles Tatum: Human interest. You pick up the paper, you read about 84 men or 284, or a million men, like in a Chinese famine. You read it, but it doesn't stay with you. One man's different, you want to know all about him. That's human interest.