Ace in the Hole

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Noirvember 2026 "In Ace in the Hole style and purpose achieve a fusion more impressive than in Sunset Boulevard, and the result is perhaps Wilder's most remarkable film."-Penelope Houston, Sight & Sound "One of the most acid portrayals of savage and ruthless self-service to ever hit the screen."-Myles Standish, St. Louis Post-Dispatch With flaws that outweigh his talent, reporter Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) has bounced across the country from job to job. Winding up in New Mexico, Tatum gets work from the local newspaper but finds that there's not much in the way of pressing news. When Tatum catches wind of a treasure hunter (Richard Benedict) trapped in a mineshaft, he turns the story into a media sensation. Soon Tatum is using unscrupulous tactics to draw out the situation, an approach that comes back to haunt him.