Charles "Chuck" Tatum
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Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American satirical drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Billy Wilder. The film stars Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who creates a media circus surrounding a man trapped in a cave in rural New Mexico to try to regain a job on a major newspaper.
With Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall. Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.
Apr 23, 2020 · Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American Film Noir directed by Billy Wilder and starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper.
Aug 12, 2007 · Dirty rotten scoundrel. 111 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 1951. Roger Ebert. August 12, 2007. 6 min read. Kirk Douglas plays a cynical reporter who capitalizes on a mine disaster in "Ace In the Hole." There's not a soft or sentimental passage in Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole" (1951), a portrait of rotten journalism and the public's insatiable appetite for it.
Washed up in the Mid-West, wise-ass New York hack Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) sees a chance to break back into the bigtime by milking the human interest story of a cave-in victim, even when it means holding off a rescue attempt.
Tatum finds himself broken down in Albuquerque and appeals to the local news paper editor Jacob Q. Boot (Porter Hall) for a job until he can scrape up enough money to get back to New York, or Chicago or some other big newspaper.
NEW. With flaws that outweigh his talent, reporter Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) has bounced across the country from job to job. Winding up in New Mexico, Tatum gets work from the local newspaper ...
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