Staff Pick: Ace in the Hole

Staff pick by Gregory Bishop! The underrated classic from from Billy Wilder. Introduction before the show. "Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilder’s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred exposé of the American media’s appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time." — The Criterion Collection (Spine #396) Staff Pick: Ace in the Hole showing at: June 17, 8:00 pm

Location: Plaza Theatre Atlanta1049 Ponce DeLeon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, 303064

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Kirk Douglas

Jan Sterling

Robert Arthur

Porter Hall

Frank Cady

Ray Teal

Billy Wilder

Staff Pick: Ace in the Hole"