it take quite a while before i could figure out all of the piece of this scheme and the people involve which i enjoy . i do not like to know everything within the first ten minute . caine play a crook and somehow manages to get a local schoolboy involve in his scheme . or the schoolboy decides to help caine with his crime . caine be a great actor . he be very believable a always . good dialogue and other actor be very good ( caine callgirl and school headmaster and professor ) . there aren not any hum drum moment in this film . the excitement or suspense slowly keep build up scene after scene . the gigantic church on the outskirt of town become the focal point of the heist become a success and at the last minute they have to shake it down so their plan would not fail . there a lot of suspense and tense moment . caine wind up be too ruthless for my taste and the end kind of fell short for me . but it worth a look .