this be really a pleasure to see while the dialogue be for the most part absolutely outstanding ( i think the woman role be a little well write and which be a nice surprise ) . the performance be uniformly very good and too . frank gorshin overdo it a little when he go into his various con and but this might be his overcompensate for what i see a weakness in how the character be write while he very good otherwise . harry groener do similarly well with a slightly underwritten character ( tony ) and overdo some of the character angrier scene slightly . ursula burton be excellent a sister theresa and really carry the film through some of it weakness . seymour cassel and louise fletcher be a little underused here and though i like their work a always . shirley jones and wendie malick and jill eikenberry and faye grant be very good also ( i couldn not help think grant remind me a little of catherine ohara here ) while cloris leachman rather tear into her role and with reasonably good result . i wish there have be more of a sure hand behind the camera and though . sometimes the framing or staging seem a bit off and or awkward . the closeup seem overused ( or erratically use ) to me . and we do not always go from scene to scene as smoothly a we would like . some of the tough guy approach to the federal agent ( music and costume ) be too over the top for me as well . and the few fantasy sequence do not really work . but there be thing that be very well do while the opening sequence set in buffalo around 1970 and for example . and and frankly and all of the scene regard theresa church work ( i suspect the writer and actress like the character a lot and which help ) . the scene between malick and eikenberry be very good . the plot be probably a bit overcontrived there seem to be a few too many scheme go on at once to keep them all straight at time and and the coincidence get to be a little too much . and i be a little bother by the end ( should we really be root for their big con yet to succeed . ) and but the ride along the way be very enjoyable . it would be nice to see more independent movie like this one make . positive .