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.

- Did you read the paper?
That I did. Broke pretty good, huh?
Boot flashed a couple hundred words over the wires, and they came back for more.
- They want all we've got.
- Yeah, it figures.
We wired all the art, too.
What a break for me.
If this keeps up, maybe Life will go for it, or Look, one of those four-page spreads.
You like it now, don't you?
Well, everybody likes a break.
We didn't make it happen.
Oh, Smollett! How's it look?
Don't know yet. Lots of problems.
We've been figuring on doing some bulkheading and cross-bracing.
But those old walls, I don't know.
All right, boys, start bringing those jacks in.
Well, it looks like we'll be here for a while.
I brought you enough for a couple of days, some shirts and shorts.
- A couple of bottles.
- Save it, fan. No booze.
- Not for the duration.
- Hey, you!
The sheriff wants to see you down at the trading post.
And don't waste none of his time, because he ain't staying around long.
- Maybe you ain't, either.