he couldn't resist the opportunity to get back in the big time

billy wilder's ace in the hole, 1951(aka the big carnival)with kirk douglas, cinematography by charles langother great kirk douglas films i have watched lately:-lonely are the brave, 1962 (d. david miller)(a sad good bye to the west)-paths of glory, 1957 (d. stanley kubrick)-man without a star, 1955 (d. king vidor)-out of the past, 1947 (d. jacques tourneur)title (above) from kirk douglas in his