Ace in the Hole (1951)





A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.


Books with substantial mentioning of Ace in the Hole

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Nora Henry
Ethics and Social Criticism in the Hollywood Films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder
Wetport, Connecticut - London, 2001

Douglas Brode
Lost Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1988

Tony Thomas
The Films of Kirk Douglas
Secaucus, NJ, 1975

Books with an entry on Ace in the Hole

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Articles with substantial mentioning of Ace in the Hole

Robert Porfirio, Billy Wilder (1906- ), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002


Year: 1951
Country: United States
Language: English
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