Ace in the Hole

Sunset Boulevard without the corpse. A down-on-his-luck journalist stumbles upon a local human-interest story and milks it for all it's worth. Kirk Douglas embodies the amoral newsman in Wilder's pitch-black satire.

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Billy Wilder directed Ace in the Hole in 1951. See Billy Wilder's full filmography, where to start with Billy Wilder, or where to go after you've seen everything by Billy Wilder.

Ace in the Hole was released in 1951 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.