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.

Sensational copy you've been sending in.
- Glad you like it.
- Had to get out an extra every day.
Circulation jumped 8,000.
What did you come down for?
To pin a medal on me?
You've got a medal, and I know how you got it.
What else do you know?
Heard a few things in Albuquerque about how you're handling this story.
I didn't like it. Now that I'm here, I like it even less.
Suppose you stop beating around the bush.
Tatum, you've been putting a halo around that Kretzer sheriff, so you could hog the whole story.
That's the setup, isn't it?
Oh. For a minute, you had me scared.
I thought I did something real bad.
You have. Kretzer should be kicked out, not re-elected.
One of these days, I'll get the facts and print them.
I think he's corrupt, rotten, no good.
He's been good to me. So there'll be one more crooked sheriff in the world.
Who cares?
I do. I don't make deals.
Not my paper.
Even if it does sell 8,000 more a day.
Hello. Who in Chicago?
Tell them Mr Tatum will be ready to talk in half an hour.