My short take (have no time for full review, but want to share impression).

New York journalist Charles Tatum(Kirk Douglas) was discharged from the newspaper. He has to look for a job in province. Dreaming of the return to the city and being sure that only bad news can be sold (cause good news is no news), he waits for a proper event. Accidentally he learned that one unlucky treasure hunter is blocked in the old mine. He decides that it's his chance and attracts people attention to the salvage operations. The situation begins to be one of the hottest news. Then Charles decides to squeeze everything out of the situation: he asks sheriff to prolong the operation. During this week the blocked man is slowly dying in the mine! And Charles every day publishes newspaper accounts and even visits him!.. I don't want to spoil more.

Film that got a Venice festival prize turned out to be a great cash failure of Wilder. Harsh and straight-out movie shows not only the dirty seamy side of journalist profession, but also dependent on gregarious instinct, stupid and tactless "average man". Kirk Douglas's performance is brilliant! Wilder's expressiveness is incredible. Very honest picture.8/10