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Cast & Crew

Billy Wilder
Director
Billy Wilder
Writer
William H. O'Brien
As Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
As Father Diego (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
As Josh Morgan (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
As Reporter (uncredited)
Ray Teal
As Sheriff
Harry Harvey
As Dr. Hilton

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A washed-up reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career. In his quest for exclusivity, he prolongs the rescue effort and turns the situation into a media spectacle, while the trapped man's wife goes along with the scheme. As the rescue drags on, the reporter's own demons resurface, and he ultimately pays the price for his exploitative tactics.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Ace in the Hole include The Bells in Old Town, Ordet, Bicycle Thieves, Uncle Hyacynth, Tom Brown's Schooldays, I Was a Parish Priest.

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Ace in the Hole was released in theaters on July 4, 1951.