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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

1h 41m · 3 Feb 1960

The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!

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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.

Movie ID88863
GenreCrime, History
DirectorBudd Boetticher
Main castRay Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery, Judson Pratt, Warren Oates
Release date3 February 1960
Release year1960
LanguageGerman
Duration101 min (1h 41m)
Rating6.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseUnited States Pictures

Director: Budd Boetticher
Writers: Joseph Landon

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Ray DantonJack 'Legs' Diamond Karen SteeleAlice Scott Elaine StewartMonica Drake Jesse WhiteLeo 'Butcher' Bremer Simon OaklandLt. Moody Robert LoweryArnold Rothstein Judson PrattFats Walsh Warren OatesEddie Diamond Frank De KovaSyndicate Chairman Gordon JonesPolice Sgt. Joe Cassidy Joseph RuskinMatt Moran Dyan CannonDixie
Richard GardnerVince Coll
Don AndersonBartender (uncredited)
Sammy ArmaroCab Driver (uncredited)
Herb ArmstrongCherry Nose Gioe (uncredited) Nesdon BoothPawnbroker / Fence (uncredited)
George BruggemanClub Patron (uncredited)
Al CaponeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick CherneyHerman (uncredited)

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