film about sleazy journalism. Awards and nominations Wins National Board of Review Award: Best Actress – Jan Sterling; 1951. Venice Film Festival: International Award for Best Director – Billy Wilder; 1951. Venice Film Festival: Best Music – Hugo Friedhofer; 1951. Nomination Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman; 1952. Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion – Billy Wilder; 1951. Legacy The 1992 The Simpsons episode "Radio Bart" largely references the storyline of Ace in the Hole, featuring Bart Simpson lowering a portable radio into a well, and using a wireless microphone to broadcast his voice from it. He convinces the public that a boy named "Timmy O'Toole" had fallen into it, prompting news coverage and charity campaigns. Writer Jon Vitti noted that series creator Matt Groening "came in out of nowhere and just gave me, start to finish, the whole story." See also Media circus References Notes Bibliography Further reading Freely accessible essay by Richard Armstrong, who published a biography of Wilder in 2000. Maddin is a filmmaker; publication of this essay accompanied the 2007 DVD release of Ace in the Hole by The Criterion Collection. External links Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight an essay by Molly Haskell at the Criterion Collection 1951 films 1951 drama films 1950s satirical films American drama films American satirical films 1950s English-language films American black-and-white films Film noir Films about journalists American films based on actual events Films directed by Billy Wilder Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer Films set in New Mexico Films shot in New Mexico Paramount Pictures films Films involved in plagiarism controversies Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder Films with screenplays by Lesser Samuels Films with screenplays by Walter Newman (screenwriter) United States National Film Registry films Criticism of journalism 1950s American films