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.

It's for him when he gets out.
He's always wanted to make some improvements around here, build some cabins for tourists, buy a new car, have a little money in the bank.
It'll make things easier for him.
Doesn't that make sense, Papa?
Mr Tatum!
- How is he?
- Pretty good.
Does it hurt him bad?
Is he getting any sleep?
Sure, he's fine.
Well, you ought to see him smoking a cigar, reading the paper.
He's making plans.
All the doctor says is he's doing as well as can be expected.
- What does that mean?
- Means he's gonna be fine.
Means everything's gonna be fine, doesn't it, Mr Tatum?
- How is he, mister?
- Did you see him?
- Is he holding out?
- Is he all right?
- What did he have to say?
- When do you think they'll get him out?
Go ahead. I guess you need a drink.
Care to join me?
Looks like the only other glass we have is one of these candle jiggers.