Ace In The Hole (Blu-ray + DVD)

Directed by Billy Wilder

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Lewis Martin
Contributors: Billy Wilder, Walter Newman, Lesser Samuels, Hugo Friedhofer, Charles Lang Jnr
Studio: Eureka
Genre: Classic
Main Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 5 May 2014
Originally Issued: 1951
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 111 minutes

Description

Billy Wilder directs and produces this classic film noir starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling. Chuck Tatum (Douglas) is an ambitious journalist formerly of the big city who finds himself working for a small local newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after being fired from eleven previous jobs. When he hears that a man has become trapped in a cave nearby he seeks out the story with a justification that it has human interest.

Realising that this may be the biggest story he's ever going to write, he manipulates the rescue workers into changing their plan so as to prolong the drama for as long as possible. He then finds an unlikely ally in the victim's wife, Lorraine (Sterling), as she reveals she no longer loves her husband and wants to get out of the marriage. As hours turn into days with the rescue attempt failing, Chuck begins to wonder if this time he has gone too far for a story.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Neil Sinyard (film scholar)
• Other Documentary: 'Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man: Billy Wilder'