Critic Reviews
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Nathan Lee, Village Voice
A lurid pulp indictment of exploitation, opportunism, doctored intelligence, torture for profit, insatiable greed, and shady journalism.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
This 1951 film, about a cynical reporter who seizes on the plight of a man trapped in a mine shaft to promote his career, is cold, lurid, and fascinating, propelled by the same combination of moral outrage and sneaky admiration.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Ace in the Hole is badly weakened by a poorly constructed plot, which depends for its strength upon assumptions that are not only naive but absurd.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
By no means a great -- or even a particularly good -- movie, but its sustained nastiness shows a stunning disregard for box-office niceties.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
A prophetic scald
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Cast
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Kirk Douglasas Charles Tatum -
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Robert Arthuras Herbie Cook
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Porter Hallas Jacob Q. Boot -
Frank Cadyas Mr. Federber -
Richard Benedictas Leo Minosa
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