Top cast:Guy Coombs,Miriam Cooper,Hal Clements
Director:Craig Zobel
Genre:Crime
Region:Russia
Year:2005
Storyline:He was off by 199 years!...To me, a miracle of science, is going to the hospital for a minor operation, I come out the next day, my rent isn't 2,000 months overdue.Sally Hayes (Fran Brill), working for the law firm of Franklin, Jennings, & Roberts, entered the front hallway door of the estate.Opening Framing Device:A Holy Man (or Imam) (Charles Belcher) was seated in front of a young boy.He was stirring a steaming pot next to him, and then pointed into the starry sky of the night desert to emphasize an inscription written there - with the platitude:HAPPINESS MUST BE EARNEDThis was followed by a quotation allegedly from the Koran:Praise be to Allah - the Beneficent King - The Creator of the Universe - Lord of the Three Worlds!The KoranAlso, there was a quotation from the Introduction to he Arabian Nights:Verily the works of those gone before us have become instances and examples to men of our modern day, that folk may view what admonishing chances befel other folk and may there-from take warning.Supple pouting breasts, firm thighs - it's a shame you two don't get along.BackgroundAce in the Hole(1951) is director/co-writer Billy Wilder's uncompromising, dark and harsh noirish commentary about human nature, and the unscrupulous and self-serving actions of compromised tabloid-media journalists.