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.

- You bet I do.
He's a fine man, and he'll take action.
He'll phone the sheriff.
And I'll write him a letter and tell him I'm doing my duty.
Then you talk to the Governor again, and he'll talk to the Attorney General, and for all I know, they'll throw me out of here.
Only by that time, buddies, Leo will be out, and the story is finished.
Over, done!
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I got a date with Leo.
Popcorn! Popcorn!
Just so you don't think I'm a complete louse, I do have some news for you.
Put it on a teletype.
Tell your papers Chuck Tatum is available.
Looks like there's gonna be three or four more days of hot copy.
Exclusive. And Tatum is sitting on it.
So let's hear their bids.
Come on, fan.
Of course, it's hard to say what we might run into.
You hit rock and then those layers of shale.
That's what we call a stratified formation. And that means... Wait just a second! There's Mr Tatum making his way toward the cliff dwelling.
I'm going to try to get him on this microphone.
Mr Tatum! Mr Tatum!
Good. He's coming over this way now.
Mr Tatum, could you spare us a few moments, please?
Just a word or two about Leo and the way things look to you down there.