Man what a great movie, the screenplay is just perfection and Billy wilder never fails with his direction, 8.9/10

Not my favorite Wilder--it's a little monotonous, both in pacing and in performance from Douglas. The screenplay feels like it keeps hammering the same beats, so I found myself wishing for a bit more editing. Douglas chews scenery left and right, but the intensity of the character undercuts the cynicism that I wanted to see. Of course it's a modern movie saying things that are all darkly prescient, but I wonder if it would have been more effective to have had an understated performance.

Another title of the film is The Big Carnival.

an unscrupulous journalist come down, magnifies a local case to bring the country's attention and profit. Ana Rosa Quintana, Susana Griso, you are apprentices by her side. Today things have not changed, they have worsened

A great film. The script was fantastic and Kirk Douglas was brilliant playing part of Chuck Tatum, a manipulative self-serving jerk. Amazing how this film parallels many modern day events.