The Big Carnival

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The Big Carnival is a 1951 American 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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The Big Carnival canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
alternateTitle Ace in the Hole ⓘ
basedOn Floyd Collins cave-in incident ⓘ
linked to: Floyd Collins
castMember Frank Cady ⓘ
Jan Sterling ⓘ
Kirk Douglas ⓘ
Porter Hall ⓘ
Ray Teal ⓘ
Richard Benedict ⓘ
Robert Arthur ⓘ
characterNameOfLead Chuck Tatum ⓘ
cinematographer Charles Lang ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Arthur P. Schmidt ⓘ
era classic Hollywood ⓘ
filmRatingSystemEra pre-MPAA ratings code ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
leadActor Kirk Douglas ⓘ
musicBy Hugo Friedhofer ⓘ
narrativeFocus cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain ⓘ
notableFor critique of media sensationalism ⓘ
early depiction of disaster exploitation by press ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays corruption in local politics ⓘ
public fascination with disaster ⓘ
tabloid journalism ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
productionStartYear 1950 ⓘ
releaseTitleInUnitedKingdom The Big Carnival ⓘ
releaseTitleInUnitedStates Ace in the Hole ⓘ
releaseYear 1951 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Lesser Samuels ⓘ
Walter Newman ⓘ
settingLocation New Mexico ⓘ
theme exploitation of tragedy ⓘ
journalistic ethics ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ

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Ace in the Hole → alternativeTitle → The Big Carnival ⓘ
Doane Harrison → notableWork → The Big Carnival ⓘ
Alexandre Trauner → workedOn → The Big Carnival ⓘ