He takes his place in the line-up with his own honor guard at the end of the ceremonial line, joining them to wait for his own arrival and holding out his cigar with their swords.The pungent plot ofAce in the Hole- about excessive "below-the-belt" journalism - was personified in its main character - the stranded, stagnating, and down-and-out East Coast news-reporter Charles ""Chuck"" Tatum (Kirk Douglas) at heAlbuquerque Sun-Bulletinin New Mexico.MacCaulay explained how he hadn""t heard from or seen Wynant for three months ("He sends word through his secretary Julia Wolf when he wants money.After denying him a chance to speak, Cora, the quintessentialfemme fatale, sneaks into Frank""s room later in the evening to talk about their future on her own terms.Jesse asked: "I need you to let me stay here tonight." Scared and "all messed up," Jesse admitted to ""killing"" Coach Schneider.He explained how he had been possessed recently (when becoming sexual with Lisa) by "something inside of me.