The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Feb 3, 1960

1h 41m

★ 5.8

The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!

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.

Genres

Crime

History

Production Companies

United States Pictures

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Trailers

Cast

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

Syndicate Chairman

Frank De Kova

Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy

Gordon Jones

Matt Moran

Joseph Ruskin

Dixie

Dyan Cannon

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