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Ace in the Hole
Running Time: 111 min.
Produced By: / Paramount

Summary:
Billy Winder directed and co-wrote this bitterly satiric comedy-drama which turns a jaundiced eye towards both the news media and its consumers. Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) is a talented but short-tempered reporter whose fondness for booze and unwilli... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Kirk Douglas (Charles Tatum) Jan Sterling (Lorraine) Robert Arthur (Herbie Cook) Porter Hall (Jacob Q. Boot) All Cast & Crew >> Review: A movie truly ahead of its time, Ace in the Hole (also known as The Big Carnival) turned out to be too bitter and cynical for moviegoers in 1951. An unrelenting portrait of media sensationalism and the human obsession with tragedy that propels it, t ... Continue >>

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