Ace in the Hole

"Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top... trampling everything in his path - men, women and morals !"

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Ratings & Reviews

7.8/10

762 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win•📋 1 nomination

Won

National Film Registry

Nominated

Golden Lion

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$1.8M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$1.3M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-521,052

ROI: -29%

Budget Recovery71% of budget

$0|Budget: $1.8M|Revenue: $1.3M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

14.0K

Daily Avg

233

7-Day Trend

+5%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

New Mexico

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Story Setting

Set In

New Mexico

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Charles Lang

Film Editing

Arthur P. Schmidt

Music / Score

Hugo Friedhofer

Costume Design

Edith Head

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Distributors

Paramount PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Ace in the Hole

Available in 130 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	Brew, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel	Fawesome	JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
United KingdomPG	Brew	Plex, YouTube Free	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Brew	Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Brew
Canada	FlixFling, Brew	Plex	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, FlixFling, YouTube, Amazon Video, Brew	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, FlixFling, YouTube, Amazon Video, Brew
Australia	Brew	Plex	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Brew	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Brew
India	Brew	Plex	Amazon Video, Brew	Brew

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United KingdomPG

Germany16

FranceU

JapanPG12

Austria12

Brazil12

SpainAPTA

+2 more countries

Production

Director

Billy Wilder

Writers

Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Charles Tatum

Jan Sterling

Lorraine

Robert Arthur

Herbie Cook

Porter Hall

Jacob Q. Boot

Frank Cady

Mr. Federber

Richard Benedict

Leo Minosa

Ray Teal

Sheriff

Lewis Martin

McCardle

John Berkes

Papa Minosa

No Image

Frances Dominguez

Mama Minosa

Gene Evans

Deputy Sheriff

No Image

Frank Jaquet

Smollett

Tags & Keywords

rescuesheriffjournalismnew mexicosatiretragedyfilm noirreporterblack and whitetrappeddesertnewspaper man

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