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

Dual-format edition.

[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]

©2014

1 Blu-ray disc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file Blu-Ray region A

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.

Criterion collection ; 396

Criterion collection ; 396.

Reporters and reporting -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Drama.

Immorality -- Drama.

Press -- Drama.

Journalists -- Professional ethics -- Drama.

Situation ethics -- Drama.

Mine accidents -- Drama.

Mass media -- Drama.

Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Drama.

Film noir.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Samuels, Lesser, screenwriter.

Newman, Walter, screenwriter.

Arthur, Robert, 1925-2008, actor.

Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020. actor.

Sterling, Jan, 1923-2004, actor.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.

Blu-ray special edition features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray ; audio commentary by film scholar Neil Sinyard ; "Portrait of a '60% perfect man': Billy Wilder," a 1980 documentary featuring in-depth interviews with Wilder by film critic Michel Ciment ; a 1984 interview with Kirk Douglas ; excerpts from a 1986 appearance by Wilder at the American Film Institute ; audio excerpts from an interview with coscreenwriter Walter Newman ; video afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee ; stills gallery ; trailer; plus essays by film critic Molly Haskell and filmmaker Guy Maddin.

Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur.

Blu-ray; Requires blu-ray player; Aspect ratio, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital; Region A.

In English with optional English subtitles.

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