The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
1960 · NR · 1h 41m · Crime, History
Genres: Crime, History
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and…
Director: Budd Boetticher
Writers: Joseph Landon
Music by: Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Cast
Ray Danton as Jack 'Legs' DiamondKaren Steele as Alice ScottElaine Stewart as Monica DrakeJesse White as Leo 'Butcher' BremerSimon Oakland as Lt. MoodyRobert Lowery as Arnold RothsteinJudson Pratt as Fats WalshWarren Oates as Eddie DiamondFrank De Kova as Syndicate ChairmanGordon Jones as Police Sgt. Joe CassidyJoseph Ruskin as Matt MoranDyan Cannon as DixieMore like this
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