Ace in the Hole

Name: Ace in the Hole
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Drama
Released: 1951
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.9

Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !

1951·Directed by Billy Wilder·4.2·1h 51m

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Drama United States of America

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.

Recommended by 4 People

“I like Billy Wilder best when he's nasty. Nothing, nothing, beats Ace in the Hole. Kirk Douglas is so despicable, but you understand why he's doing what he's doing. You oddly feel for him at times. I love that Wilder takes us there.”

Bill Hader

Actor, Director

“I was at a presentation of Ace in the Hole on the Paramount lot about two years ago and they trotted out old Kirk Douglas for it. I got to shake Kirk Douglas's hand.”

Alexander Payne

Director, Writer

“This is one of those movies with an evil character that is so much fun. Billy Wilder — another one of those people that had to leave Nazi Germany, come here, learn English and learn to write in an entirely different language and learn to be a director and be the best, most American director there ever was.”