Ace in the Hole (Cinematic Breakfasts) | Reel Lives
Date: 27 June 2026
Venue: Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine St., Derry, Derry, BT48 6HJ
Settle into a morning of nostalgia with a warm coffee and fresh croissant, as we showcase timeless classics on the big screen. Booking is required for catering. Doors Open: 10.30am. Film: 11am.
A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy… including those of Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap.
As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man's plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort while feeding stories to the nation's reporters clamouring to cover the event.
Six-time Academy Award® winning writer-director Billy Wilder mixes gritty cynicism with a superb cast —- Douglas, Jan Sterling (The High and the Mighty), Robert Arthur (Just For You), Frank Cady (The Bad Seed) —- in this powerful, fascinating study of the dark side of the human soul (celebrating its 75th anniversary this year) and which has in recent years taken its place alongside Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, and The Apartment as among the filmmaker's greatest works.
Billy Wilder | United States | 1951 | 111 mins | PG
Images courtesy of Park Circus/Paramount.