Ace in the Hole

A journalist named Chuck Tatum manipulates a rescue effort for publicity and has an affair with the victims wife, leading to a tragic incident. Ace in the Hole is a 1951 American English-language Drama Film-Noir film starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict and Rythem Wranglers. Paramount Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Billy Wilder. The movie is directed by Billy Wilder. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Ace in the Hole was released on 4th July 1951 and takes a screen time of 111 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Ace in the Hole was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $2 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Walter Newman, Lesser Samuels and Billy Wilder. Cinematography was done by Charles Lang and editing by Arthur P. Schmidt. The music was composed by Hugo Friedhofer.