The long-setup-for-big-swindle is a favorite movie sub-genre of mine (see: Oceans 11, 12, 13, The Italian Job, etc.). This was fun and engrossing with just the right amount of tension. The stars are easy on the eyes, too.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/1973/sting.html
My grandma S, Granny, as I called her, LOVED this movie. She saw it in the theater and had the record version of the soundtrack. We listened to that scratchy record over and over again, enough so,that when I hear it, I think of her!