Ace in the hole / Paramount Pictures Corporation ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder ; written by Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman.

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One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. An amoral newspaper reporter washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 396.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (Film director, Screenwriter)
Samuels, Lesser (Screenwriter)
Newman, Walter (Screenwriter)
Arthur, Robert, 1925-2008 (Actor)
Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020 (Actor)
Sterling, Jan, 1923-2004 (Actor)
Language:English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 396.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Reporters and reporting > New Mexico > Albuquerque > Drama.
Journalists > Professional ethics > Drama.
Press > Drama.
Mass media > Drama.
Situation ethics > Drama.
Accidents > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 Blu-ray disc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (4 pages : illustrations ; 35 x 28 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc

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