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61% Critic Match
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
“The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!”
6.1 / 10• 1960• 1h 41m•NR• English
CrimeHistory
Storyline
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
Ray Danton
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Lead
Karen Steele
Alice Scott
Elaine Stewart
Monica Drake
Jesse White
Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
Simon Oakland
Lt. Moody
Robert Lowery
Arnold Rothstein
Judson Pratt
Fats Walsh
Warren Oates
Eddie Diamond
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Budd Boetticher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
