Fresh
Ace in the Hole is a revelation, as timely now as when it was made.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Ace in the Hole
Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !
1951 · 1h 51m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Overview
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A lurid pulp indictment of exploitation, opportunism, doctored intelligence, torture for profit, insatiable greed, and shady journalism.
Nathan Lee, Village Voice
Fresh
This 1951 film, about a cynical reporter who seizes on the plight of a man trapped in a mine shaft to promote his career, is cold, lurid, and fascinating, propelled by the same combination of moral outrage and sneaky admiration.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Ace in the Hole is badly weakened by a poorly constructed plot, which depends for its strength upon assumptions that are not only naive but absurd.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
By no means a great -- or even a particularly good -- movie, but its sustained nastiness shows a stunning disregard for box-office niceties.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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