Ace in the Hole (1951)

• 81%
• 1951
• Drama
• Billy Wilder
• Kirk Douglas
• Jan Sterling
• Porter Hall

Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.