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4 with ten her Hellbent ft Kreakrast MOVIESBy ANN GUARINO DEEP RED Rated R. At th Cinerama and other theaters. at Belmont. Come see the fastest animals in the world in training. DARIO Argento insists on cladding his killers in leather coats first in "The Bird with the CryStal Plumage," and now in "Deep Red." His latest murderer comes replete with brown leather coat, pulled-down hat and Hack leather gloves.

The camera is particularly intrigued with the gloves. Opening the film appropriately is a murder scene, with shadows on a wall and a childish voice singing nursery tunes on the soundtrack. Then, action shifts to a seemingly unrelated conference for parapsychiatrists in Rome; there, a mentalist starts screaming when she gets strange thoughts from a twisted mind which later leads to her murder. Her neighbor, an English pianist played by David Hem-in ings, hears her scream in her apartment and arrives too late but, of course, not too late to play detective. He sorts through a fair share of red herrings before coming up with The Answer.

It's then that a twist ending almost gets him killed. Argento, who's no Hitchcock, manufactures suspense with flashy camerawork, loud noises and pounding music. Then, all is garnished generously with gore. Credibility, which comes in a distant second, flies out the window in the process; here the process is speeded up considerably by poor post-synchronization. Nothing quite fits especially a low-keyed Hemmings among the overacting Italian players.

Indian slumber fiSHafc-' MOVIESBy JERRY OSTER WINTER HAWK Rated PO. At the Victoria and othertheaters. "T1 Watch the Thoroughbreds in their morning workouts. Pose with horses and jockeys. Enjoy cafeteria style breakfast at the Trackside Cafe with owners and trainers.

Free admission. Free souvenirs and booklets. Bring the kids the camera. Friday, June 11 Through Saturday, July 31 7 A M. A.M.

Every day but Tuesdays. Call 212641-4700 for information. Entrance from Hempstead Avenue only. Follow the Breakfast at Belmont signs. Charles Pierce, who produced, wrote and directed this leaden blimp about a noble Indian, but he used up all the purple typewriter ribbons.

My elbows fell asleep, and had it not been for the scratches on the print that's being shown at the Victoria theater, the rest of me would have followed. When it ended, my heart soared like a bird. ft the silvery wind shimmering through the majestic pines. It is a radiant sun glinting off the crystal waters of a sparkling lake. It is the soaring peaks of the enow-covered mountains.

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Next up, come September, will be the part of a submarine commander in "Gray Lady Down," a code phrase in the Navy used for sunken nuclear submarine. Heston, who went to Hollywood in 1950, admitted his toughest time as an actor was trying to get work in New York at the age of 22. Damn near starved to death," he said. "Who's going to ask a six-foot-three actor with a deep voice to sav, 'Tennis, He lives with his family (wife Lydia, son Frazer, daughter Holly) in "the house that Ben-Hur built" in Beverly Hills' Goldwater Canyon. One of the movie community's more solid citizens, he rarely mixes in the town's nightlife.

"I've never been attracted to Hollywood society. But I do have to promote my films. They don't give you a piece of the gross unless you go out and sell it." He has had a piece of the gross ever since "Ben-Hur" made him a believer; not incidentally, that picture also made him an Oscar winner. In 1971 he directed his first film, "Antony and Cleopatra" and played Antony. He found it tough to direct and star at the same time.

"Doing both jobs together takes the pleasure out of both," he admitted. "Now, that's not to say I wouldn't do it again, but not with as large a part as I had in 'Antony and There is nothing I'd rather do than act. I have no plans to give it up as long as they'll have me." CHARLTON HESTON, the actor who is Moses to most people, is back in the multitude-leading business, steering swarms of stars and extras through the battle of Midway in a documentary-like recap of that point in history called, simply enough, "Midway." "I was at Northwestern when the Midway battle took place," Heston recalled recently. "I remember them telling us about it. But how crucial It was, they didn't reveal maybe because it was too scary.

"If we had lost Midway, we possibly would have lost the European war. The Japs may or may not have invaded California that was among contingency plans but they certainly would have invaded Australia, and we would have been involved with them the next five-to-seven years and could not have taken part in the European War. I don't see how Britain could have pulled it off alone. "Then what would he the history of Africa the whole world for that matter? We would have had to deal with Germany the conquerer." He gave high marks to his "Midway" co-star, Henry Fonda, who portrays Adm. Chester W.

Nimitz during those difficult days of decision. "Fonda's performance is easy to overlook," Heston cautioned. "His part is structurally vital because he explains what It is all about, but that kind of dialogue is so tough to bring off and Hank does that marvelously. "People have a misunderstanding about acting. They Imagine hard parts are the dramatic confrontations where the actor cries and falls down.

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