Ace in the Hole

Directed by Billy Wilder
PG
4 July 1951    1h 51m    Box Office: US$1.3MDrama, Film-Noir
8.088%92%7.8
Hoping to rekindle his dormant career, former journalist Chuck Tatum, now working for a local newspaper, exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa who's trapped in a cave, but rescue efforts soon blossom into a media circus.
  • Kirk DouglasCharles Tatum
  • Jan SterlingLorraine
  • Robert ArthurHerbie Cook
  • Porter HallJacob Q. Boot
  • Frank CadyMr. Federber
  • Richard BenedictLeo Minosa
  • Ray TealSheriff
  • Lewis MartinMcCardle
  • John BerkesPapa Minosa
  • Frances DominguezMama Minosa
  • Gene EvansDeputy Sheriff
  • Frank JaquetSmollett
  • Harry HarveyDr. Hilton
  • Bob BumpasRadio Announcer
  • Geraldine HallMrs. Federber
  • Richard GainesNagel
  • Oscar BelindaBarker (uncredited)
  • Martin BendletonBarker (uncredited)
  • Basil ChesterIndian (uncredited)
  • Ken ChristyJessop (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole Ratings & Reviews

  • Mister Arn14 May 2025
    Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) is looking for a story to bring him back to the big time and finds what just what he needs with a man trapped by a cave in. Everybody is this film exhibits some type of moral flaw, even the subject of our pity (the trapped man) is a grave robber. A very cynical portrayal of the media, well worth watching.

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