Ace in the Hole
From The Filmographers by The Filmographers Podcast
February 10, 2026 · 1h 9m · Season 2 · Episode 9
About this episode
The episode discusses Billy Wilder's film 'Ace in the Hole' and its impact on his career following the success of 'Sunset Boulevard'.
In complete charge of his destiny, Wilder followed the triumph of Sunset Boulevard with Ace in the Hole, perhaps his most personal movie—certainly his darkest. But the movie bombed, giving Billy Wilder his first taste of failure and changing the course of his career. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social mediaInstagram @thefilmographersBluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.socialLetterboxd @filmographersYouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Websitehttps://filmographerspodcast.com/ CreditsKeir Graff & Michael Moreci, hostsKevin Lau, producerGompson, theme musicCosmo Graff, graphic design
People in this episode
Hosts: Keir Graff, Michael Moreci
Topics covered
- Billy Wilder
- film history
- personal movies
- failure in cinema
- dark themes
Keywords
- Billy Wilder
- Ace in the Hole
- Sunset Boulevard
- film failure
- dark cinema
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon
Books & works: Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard
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