OMG. I cannot believe that someone reacted to this movie. I am a big fan of old movies and I saw this only once many years ago and I was unpleasantly surprised by the ending. I commend you for reacting to a movie that no one else even knows about.
Thank you for watching this film. I've never seen it and would not have watched in my own because i am not a Kirk Douglas fan. But this is a very good film.
Brilliant film, as with all the Billy Wilder films. When i first saw it on tv when I was a kid I thought it was the hardest hitting film ild ever seen but now it seems more like a parable about modern celebrity or journalism. Just noticed the secretary at the paper was the maid in Rope. Kirk was a proper film star, no-one to compare currently. Great choice 👍👍👍
Thanks for being the first person on RUclips to react to Ace in the Hole. I doubt there will ever be a second one. This is one of my favorite movies. This movie was ahead of its time even now, 74 years after it was filmed. It's also one of Spike Lee's favorite movies. He got Billy Wilder and Kirk Douglas to autograph his poster: ruclips.net/video/nynhVZzU1W8/видео.html You said that people didn't have the internet back then, and that's why so many people were interested. But if a guy was trapped in a similar situation in 2024, it would get a lot of media coverage and big ratings (but probably no carnival, though). As Tatum said, a story is bigger if involves one person rather than a lot of If a few of the characters seem recognizable, here's why: Porter Hall, who played the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin newspaper publisher, was the same guy in the back of the train in Double Indemnity. (His real-life wife is in the movie, too, as the wife of the insurance salesman). Richard Gaines, who played the New York newspaper publisher, was in Double Indemnity, too, as the insurance company boss. Fun fact: Gaines' first wife went on to marry William Holden, star of Wilder's previous movie Sunset Boulevard and next movie Stalag 17.
I hope you enjoyed the reaction! 😊 Nowadays there are so many available news that any incident similar to this would probably be overwhelmed and forgotten. Oh yes, that's where I remembered Porter Hall from; Double Indemnity. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the fun fact 😉
Some of my other favorite Kirk Douglas films: Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lonely Are The Brave, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The Bad and The Beautiful, Young Man with A Horn, The Bad and The Beautiful, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,
OMG. I cannot believe that someone reacted to this movie. I am a big fan of old movies and I saw this only once many years ago and I was unpleasantly surprised by the ending.
I commend you for reacting to a movie that no one else even knows about.
"Cave Exploring" is also known as "spelunking." (Sometimes "caving.")
Thank you for watching this film. I've never seen it and would not have watched in my own because i am not a Kirk Douglas fan. But this is a very good film.
Brilliant film, as with all the Billy Wilder films. When i first saw it on tv when I was a kid I thought it was the hardest hitting film ild ever seen but now it seems more like a parable about modern celebrity or journalism. Just noticed the secretary at the paper was the maid in Rope. Kirk was a proper film star, no-one to compare currently. Great choice 👍👍👍
Thanks for being the first person on RUclips to react to Ace in the Hole. I doubt there will ever be a second one. This is one of my favorite movies. This movie was ahead of its time even now, 74 years after it was filmed. It's also one of Spike Lee's favorite movies. He got Billy Wilder and Kirk Douglas to autograph his poster: ruclips.net/video/nynhVZzU1W8/видео.html
You said that people didn't have the internet back then, and that's why so many people were interested. But if a guy was trapped in a similar situation in 2024, it would get a lot of media coverage and big ratings (but probably no carnival, though). As Tatum said, a story is bigger if involves one person rather than a lot of
If a few of the characters seem recognizable, here's why:
Porter Hall, who played the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin newspaper publisher, was the same guy in the back of the train in Double Indemnity. (His real-life wife is in the movie, too, as the wife of the insurance salesman).
Richard Gaines, who played the New York newspaper publisher, was in Double Indemnity, too, as the insurance company boss. Fun fact: Gaines' first wife went on to marry William Holden, star of Wilder's previous movie Sunset Boulevard and next movie Stalag 17.
I hope you enjoyed the reaction! 😊
Nowadays there are so many available news that any incident similar to this would probably be overwhelmed and forgotten.
Oh yes, that's where I remembered Porter Hall from; Double Indemnity.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the fun fact 😉
The guy who seemed familiar at the beginning was also in MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET.
There are echoes of this film in ASTEROID CITY.
He's Porter Hall. You'll see him in another Billy Wilder film, "Double Indemnity," as Mr. Jackson, the man from Medford.
Some of my other favorite Kirk Douglas films: Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lonely Are The Brave, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The Bad and The Beautiful, Young Man with A Horn, The Bad and The Beautiful, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,
Awesome, I'll add these to my list. Thanks for your suggestions! 😊