The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
February 3, 1960
Crime, History
1h 41m
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The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
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 drugs operations.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Budd Boetticher
- Jack 'Legs' Diamond Ray Danton
- Alice Scott Karen Steele
- Monica Drake Elaine Stewart
- Leo 'Butcher' Bremer Jesse White
- Lt. Moody Simon Oakland
- Arnold Rothstein Robert Lowery
- Fats Walsh Judson Pratt
- Eddie Diamond Warren Oates
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Keywords
- new york city
- prohibition era
- gangster
- mafia
- 1920s