Ace in the Hole (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Kirk Douglas
Chuck Tatum
Jan Sterling
Lorraine Minosa
Robert Arthur
Herbie Cook
Porter Hall
Jacob Q. Boot
Frank Cady
Mr. Federber
Richard Benedict
Leo Minosa
Ray Teal
Sheriff Gus Kretzer
Lewis Martin
McCardle
Lewis Martin
McCardle
John Berkes
Papa Minosa
Frances Dominguez
Mama Minosa
Gene Evans
Deputy Sheriff
Frank Jaquet
Sam Smollett
Harry Harvey
Dr. Hilton
Bob Bumpas
Radio Announcer
Geraldine Hall
Nellie Federber
Richard Gaines
Nagel
Oscar Belinda
Barker (uncredited)
Martin Bendleton
Barker (uncredited)
Basil Chester
Indian (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Jessop (uncredited)
Stewart Kirk Clawson
Federber Boy (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)
Francisco Day
Photographer (uncredited) / Assistant Director
Lester Dorr
Father Diego (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Spinster (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
Miss Deverich (uncredited)
William Fawcett
Sad-Faced Man (uncredited)
John Stuart Fulton
Boy (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Minor Role (uncredited)
Charles Griffin
Mr. Wendel (uncredited)
Larry Hogan
Television Announcer (uncredited)
Frank Keith
Fireman (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Digger (uncredited)
Martha Maryman
Woman (uncredited)
Stanley McKay
Reporter (uncredited)
Joe J. Merrill
Digger (uncredited)
Paul D. Merrill
Federber Boy (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Mover (uncredited)
Ralph Moody
Kusac - Miner (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Josh Morgan (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Frank Andrew Parker
Reporter (uncredited)
Martin Pendleton
Barker (uncredited)
William N. Peters
Photographer (uncredited)
Timothy Carey
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Bill Ramsey
Vocalist (uncredited)
Jack Roberts
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Man (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Reporter (uncredited)
John 'Bub' Sweeney
Reporter (uncredited)
Rythem Wranglers
Band (uncredited)
Billy Wilder
Director / Producer / Writer
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Doane Harrison
Supervising Film Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Walter Newman
Writer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Wally Westmore
Makeup Department Head
Hugh Brown
Production Manager
John Cope
Sound
William Schorr
Associate Producer
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Bert McKay
Casting
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 29, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,821,052
Box Office$1,300,000
Filming LocationsNew Mexico, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder. The film stars Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper. The film co-stars Jan Sterling and features Robert Arthur and Porter Hall.It marked a series of firsts for auteur Billy Wilder: it was the first time he was involved in a project as a writer, producer, and director; his first film following his breakup with long-time writing partner Charles Brackett, with whom he had collaborated on The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard, among others; and his first film to be a critical and commercial failure.The story is a biting examination of the seedy relationship between the press, the news it reports and the manner in which it reports it. The film also shows how a gullible public can be manipulated by the press. Without consulting Wilder, Paramount Pictures executive Y. Frank Freeman changed the title to The Big Carnival just prior to its release. Early television broadcasts retained that title, but when aired by Turner Classic Movies – and when released on DVD by The Criterion Collection in July 2007 – it reverted to Ace in the Hole.
In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".The film is sometimes referred to as a film noir, but others say that although it shares some qualities with noir, it is not true film noir.