Ace in the Hole

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Ace in the Hole is a 1951 film noir drama directed by Billy Wilder that critiques media sensationalism through the story of a cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
alternativeTitle The Big Carnival ⓘ
artDirectionBy Hal Pereira ⓘ
basedOn inspired by real-life cases of people trapped underground ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles Lang ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Arthur P. Schmidt ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
filmingLocation Arizona ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
hasFilmRating Not Rated (original release, U.S.) ⓘ
hasMainTheme cynicism ⓘ
journalistic ethics ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorForCharacter Kirk Douglas ⓘ
leadCharacter Chuck Tatum ⓘ
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer ⓘ
narrativeFocus exploitation of disaster for personal gain ⓘ
notableFor early critique of tabloid journalism ⓘ
satirical portrayal of the press and public spectacle ⓘ
originalTitle Ace in the Hole ⓘ
partOf American film noir canon ⓘ
plotSummary A cynical reporter exploits the plight of a man trapped in a cave to revive his career through media sensationalism. ⓘ
producer Billy Wilder ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1951 ⓘ
releaseDate June 29, 1951 ⓘ
runningTime 111 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Lesser Samuels ⓘ
Walter Newman ⓘ
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation New Mexico ⓘ
starring Frank Cady ⓘ
Jan Sterling ⓘ
Kirk Douglas ⓘ
Porter Hall ⓘ
Ray Teal ⓘ
Robert Arthur ⓘ

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subject linked to: song "Ace in the Hole"