Ace In The Hole
Criterion (1951)
Drama, Film-Noir
In Collection
#479
0*
Seen ItYes
715515024723
IMDB   8.2
1 hr 51 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Kirk Douglas Charles '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
Lewis Martin McCardle
John Berkes Papa Minosa
Frances Dominguez Mama Minosa
Gene Evans Deputy Sheriff
Frank Jaquet Sam Smollett
Director
Billy Wilder
Producer Billy Wilder
William Schorr
Writer Lesser Samuels
Walter Newman
Victor Desny
Billy Wilder
Cinematography Charles Lang
Musician Hugo Friedhofer


One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Academy Award-winner Billy Wilder's Ace In The Hole is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime-and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder's follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred expose that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.
Edition Details
Edition The Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 7/17/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard
Theatrical trailer
Portrait Of A 60% Perfect Man: Billy Wilder, a 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michael Ciment
A 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas
Excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute
Excerpts from an audio interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman
New video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee
Stills gallery
PLUS: New essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin