Trivia / Ace in the Hole (1951)

• Executive Meddling: When the movie didn’t prove successful at first, the studio changed its name to The Big Carnival, hoping the new name sounded more appealing to the public. It didn't.
• Executive Veto: In the original script, Tatum colluded with the local sheriff. Joseph Breen of the Hays Code office strongly objected to the on-screen depiction of a corrupt law enforcement officer and insisted Wilder add dialogue making it clear the man eventually would be made to answer for his actions.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Due to Paramount's low interest in releasing a movie that was critical of journalism, the studio only gave a home video release in Brazil. But in 2007, The Criterion Collection rescued it from obscurity and gave it a DVD release.
• Working Title: The Human Interest Story.

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