sentences:  Billy Wilder was reportedly interested in bringing the story to the screen, but producer Harry M. Popkin sought to do it first.Wilder went on to make "Ace in the Hole" (1951), which centers on the rescue of a man trapped in a cave; the 1950 film "Three Secrets" was also inspired by the Fiscus incident.The script writers researched and incorporated factual material from that had broken out in American cities, such as the 1943 Detroit race riot which claimed 34 lives.