Billy Wilder’s “Ace In The Hole”

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the war, the American people were caught up in the feeling of being champions. The GI Bill gave the returning soldiers money to buy homes for their new brides and so the baby boom began. The public’s desire for success dominated American life which led some people to do anything to gain personal achievement. Wilder teaches the lesson of what it means to tell the truth, have integrity, and respect towards others. He could have wanted to demonstrate this to society because of what opportunism did in the world of the film making industry. For example, employees of the studios were tossed aside when the big studios no longer needed them because the studio executives sought out the talent that would make them the most money. Likewise, until laws were put into place for the child actors, the studios took advantage of children and manipulated them for their own profit, regardless of their working conditions. Wilder may have sought after a way to reveal this type of immoral human ...

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unhappy life with Leo, now that Leo could not chase after her. But Tatem’s determination and intensity drew her in, and she was thrilled with the money she was making. As the crowds grew, so did her ideas to make even more cash from Leo’s situation. She only cared about getting enough money to get away from the life she hated. She used Leo’s accident as a vehicle to escape, never considering how Leo was suffering in the cave, or how he would suffer from the pain of her leaving him. Her own personal gain dominated her thinking processes, regardless of the outcome for Leo.
As Tatem explained it to Mrs. Minosa, “there are three of us buried here!” Suggesting, Tatem was buried under ...

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