Greg Mitchell, editor of the US-based website devoted to the newspaper industry, Editor & Publisher, argues that the best movie ever made about a reporter ever is Ace in the Hole, directed in 1951 by Billy Wilder and starring Kirk Douglas. It's a cult classic, he writes, rating it above both The Front Page and All the President's Men. Here's a trailer and here is a typical scene. But is Greg right?
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