ACE IN THE HOLE (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime—and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder's follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred exposé that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.
• Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Lewis Martin, John Berkes, Frances Dominguez, Gene Evans, Frank Jaquet, Harry Harvey, Bob Bumpas, Geraldine Hall, Richard Gaines, Oscar Belinda, Martin Bendleton, Timothy Carey, Basil Chester, Ken Christy, Stewart Kirk Clawson, Iron Eyes Cody, Francisco Day, Lester Dorr, Claire Du Brey, Edith Evanson, William Fawcett, John Stuart Fulton, Charles Griffin, Larry Hogan, Frank Keith, Bob Kortman, Martha Maryman, Stanley McKay, Joe J. Merrill, Paul D. Merrill, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Andrew Parker, Martin Pendleton, William N. Peters, Roy Regnier, Jack Roberts, Bill Sheehan, Bert Stevens, John 'Bub' Sweeney, Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels
• Director: Billy Wilder
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Paramount Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Paramount Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie