倒扣的王牌 Ace in the Hole (1951) Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2023-12-21

身无分文的记者丘克(Kirk Douglas 饰)流落一座新墨西哥州的小城,他舌如巧簧向当地报馆的主编推销自己,宣称自己有制造新闻的天才。波澜不惊的小城生活让曾经供职纽约的丘克倍感无聊。这天,主编令丘克外出采访,丘克于路却意外遭遇一名小镇店主里奥被困山洞。丘克敏感的意识 到这件事情背后的新闻价值,他迅速联系州长、工程队与医生。随着丘克的一篇篇报道,观看施救过程的民众陆续赶来,本欲离开的里奥妻子因为看到有利可图而选择留下,并与丘克站到了同一阵营,丘克安排采用费时的营救方式来维持事件的新闻热度。几天内人群不断涌入,营救现场俨然成为游乐场。丘克与纽约的老上司讨价还价之时,洞中的里奥却走到了生命的尽头.Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.

- My husband.
Oh.
Well, I'm sorry to hear about it. Hop in.
- You live around here?
- Yeah.
I'm Mrs Leo Minosa.
We own that trading post down on the highway.
Finest store in downtown Escudero.
Is that what they call this place? Escudero?
Got a couple of other names for it myself.
Did the Indians really live in that place 450 years ago?
I wouldn't know. I haven't been around that long.
Only seems that long.
Say, if you gents stopped by to see that broken-down cliff dwelling, you sure picked a swell day.
All right, let's have the facts.
You're his father?
Yes. I'm his father.
- How long has he been inside?
- Pretty near six hours now.
How far down you think he is?
Oh, about 250 or 300 foot, I should judge.
Best we could do was to get in about halfway.
You got to watch yourself. Swing that pick too hard in them old walls, you start a sand slide and block up the whole place.
Then goodbye, Leo.
Is that coffee good and hot, Lorraine?