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I DETROIT FREE rKIiS.i i Tc. 25, 3-B -4 Ii il -i 4 ifUsiiiuiififi i LAST 2 WEEKS Tonight vl 8:30 Mat. Wed. Sat. 2 P.M.

Sunday Show ot 7 M. i 'Sting'--It's Tricky And You'll Love It JACK 5AM AL5flI50H LYH HIL5ifiOH'5 MiimicacDnMuiim For Information Call 873-4400 Newman and Kedlord: Even you get conned. BY SUSAN STARK Every so often there's a movie that people relate to in a special kind of way. bfW ft 4 THE STING Neighborhood Theaters Johnny Hooker Robert Redford Henry Gondorff Paul Newman Luther Coleman Robert Earl Jones Snyder Charlej During Blllie Eileen Brennan Lonnegan Robert Shaw Bodyguard Charles Dlerkop Accomplice Ray Walston A Universal Pictures release, produced by Tony Bill and Michael and Julia Phillips and directed by George Roy Hill; with screenplay by David S. Ward) photography by Robert Surtees.

In color. Rate PG. IJfTTTl 71 of that setup, you will be completely taken aback by the way it is resolved. Anyone who claims to have had an inkling about the picture's climactic con job, the one it pulls on the audience, is a wizard or a liar. Director George Roy Hill brings nothing but class to the effort.

He maintains an even keel between the two superstars in front position and endows the production with all kinds of atmosphere, from old-time film techniques to a bouncy ragtime score that, wonder of wonders, is judiciously used. There is just no way not to love this movie. Pra rrau Film Critic "The Sting" is a tricky, great-looking movie about two Depression-era con men. You It there, charmed out of your eat by these two handsome hustlers, and you giggle about the meatheads they swindle and then bam, In one of the best surprise endings of all time, you discover that you, too, have been conned. Paul Newman and Robert Redford 1 a the winning hrewdies, Newman being a notoriously skilled Chicago proponent of the big con and Redford being a small-timer fresh up from Joliet.

Redford nd his longtime partner, the sturdy if abbrevi men Buy aid Sell Through Free Press Want Ads lll'-MHIIIHNLl D6 I i WOODWARD A McNICHOLS phone T0.6-0400OPEN 12.00 4 all, If truth be told, for the great fun of it all. Most of the picture deals with the setup. No matter how carefully you pay attention to the details and complications "Immediately takes rank as one of the best pictures II A in 1 i umpr ran voar PG -Archer Wnslen, New Vor Posf "'WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MISS SEPTEMBER' distinguishes itself with high calibre refinements, lush surroundings, professional acting, stupendous camera work and a plot. Tina Russell will turn many people SWANK PANAVISION COLOR BY DELUXE NOW! N-YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! ALGER now showingTI PllirifX SOMERSET FARMINGT0N4 DEARBORN ated characterization of Robert Earl Jones, pick up ome mob money by mistake. Robert Shaw, the robbed mobster, gets Jones killed and ends Redford flying to Chicago to find Newman, Jones' old pal.

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