Ace in the Hole
“Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !”
Billy WilderCast
Kirk Douglas Jan Sterling Robert Arthur
Credits
Written by: Billy Wilder
Plot
A cynical reporter exploits the plight of a man trapped in a cave to revive his career.
Sinekatalog’s take
Billy Wilder's bitter satire has a disgraced reporter exploit a man trapped in a cave. Kirk Douglas is ferocious, and the film's cynicism about media was ahead of its time.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.0 / 10 (43,272 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.
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