Film

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960 · 1h 41m · Crime · History

The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

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.

Ray Danton

Jack 'Legs' Diamond

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

Frank De Kova

Syndicate Chairman

Gordon Jones

Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy

Joseph Ruskin

Matt Moran

Dyan Cannon

Dixie

Richard Gardner

Vince Coll

Don Anderson

Bartender (uncredited)

Sammy Armaro

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Herb Armstrong

Cherry Nose Gioe (uncredited)

• Budd BoetticherDirector
• Joseph LandonWriter
• Milton SperlingProducer
• Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
• Leonard RosenmanOriginal Music Composer
• Folmar BlangstedEditor

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) Trailer

Release date

February 3, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Genres

Crime, History

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