That was dramatic
#TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

How'd you like to make yourself a thousand dollars a day, Mr. Boot? I'm a thousand-dollar-a-day newspaperman. You can have me for nothing. #AceInTheHole #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Hey, one of those guys is Lewis Martain - the doomed pastor from "War Of The Worlds" (1953)
#TCMParty
#AceInTheHole
#NoirAlley

The circus is leaving town ,,,
... and so is Lorraine.
That is cold honey. Ice cold.
#TCMParty
#AceInTheHole
#NoirAlley

Usually it's such an anticlimax When The Circus leaves town. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

#NoirChecklist for #AceInTheHole:
-Exotic setting
-Cynical reporter
-Fateful hitchhiker who’s the…
-Cynical blonde floozy wife of…
-Sap husband, exploited by...
-Cynical cops and cynical pols
-Gabby insurance agent
-Shirtless snarly Kirk Douglas
-Is anyone likeable in this? 🤷‍♂️
#NoirAlley #TCMParty

I’m with you here. It’s a noir. Crucially, *Wilder* thought so. I’m adding some posts to my upcoming LOST WEEKEND watch party on Oct 7, linking Wilder’s noirs, from Double Indemnity to #AceInTheHole. Wilder was consciously reimagining French noir for American audiences. #TheNoirCollective #TCMParty

The priest for last rites?
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"You must have skinned a couple of hungry rats!" 🤣
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#AceInTheHole
#NoirAlley

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Pro tip for engineers:

When the sheriff orders you to do something stupid that justincreases risk and wastes time, get it in writing. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

There's three of us buried here: Leo, me, and you. We all went to get out and we're going to, only I'm going back in style. #AceInTheHole #NoirAlley #TCMParty

And our engineer is worried about taking the blame. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

"If we get him while he's still alive; fine!" (translation: but if he's dead, we'll just pretend that he's alive ... there's more money in it!)
#TCMParty
#AceInTheHole
#NoirAlley

🎶 I punched the sheriffff... 🎶 #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

Tatum's more concerned about the story than Leo's life. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole

If Leo dies, that's going to Geraldo Rivera the shit out of Kirk Douglas. #AceInTheHole #NoirAlley #TCMParty

More than any other Billy Wilder picture, this one feels like dark Capra. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole