The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
1960 · 1h 41m · N/A
Crime, History
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Budd Boetticher Director
- Ray Danton as Jack 'Legs' Diamond
- Karen Steele as Alice Scott
- Elaine Stewart as Monica Drake
- Jesse White as Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
- Simon Oakland as Lt. Moody
- Robert Lowery as Arnold Rothstein
- Judson Pratt as Fats Walsh
- Warren Oates as Eddie Diamond
- Frank De Kova as Syndicate Chairman
- Gordon Jones as Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy
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