

Ace in the Hole
Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $1.3M
- Language
- Latin
- rescue
- sheriff
- journalism
- new mexico
- satire
- tragedy
- film noir
- reporter
- black and white
- trapped
- desert
- newspaper man
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRAlbuquerque, New Mexico14 Jun 1951
- Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York29 Jun 1951
- TheatricalNR4 Jul 1951
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG30 Jun 1951
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Apr 1952
BrazilBR
- Theatrical23 Feb 1952
- Physical12Blu-Ray/DVD Videolar20 Jun 2011
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival12 Jun 2026
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1619 Oct 1951
FranceFR
- TheatricalU2 Apr 1952
- TVTPCiné+ Classic13 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1615 Feb 1952
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival26 Aug 1951
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1217 Sept 1952
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12Blu ray5 May 2014
- Theatrical12Re-release5 Jul 2018
SpainES
- TheatricalAPTA1 Sept 1954
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Ace in the Hole was released on 29 June 1951.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
2/9/2020
It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it. Ace in the Hole is directed by Billy Wilder and Wilder co-writes the screenplay with Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman and Victor Desny. It stars Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall and Richard Benedict. Music is by Hugo Friedhofer and cinematography by Charles Lang Jr. Chuck Tatum (Douglas) is a one time big-city journalist who is now …
- B7/10
badelf
5/11/2026
Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole remains a masterclass in cynicism, even if the world it depicts has shifted beyond recognition. Kirk Douglas delivers one of his finest performances as Chuck Tatum, a disgraced reporter who transforms a man's entrapment in a collapsed cliff dwelling into a calculated media spectacle. Wilder's direction is sharp, controlled, ruthless; the film moves with the precision of a man tightening…
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