The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
101 min
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.
- Release date
- February 3, 1960
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Leonard Rosenman
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Trailer
Cast
- 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 DeKova as Syndicate Chairman
- Gordon Jones as Sgt. Joe Cassidy
- Joseph Ruskin as Matt Moran
- Dyan Cannon as Dixie
- Don Anderson as Bartender (uncredited)
- Herb Armstrong as Cherry Nose Gioe (uncredited)
- Nesdon Booth as Pawnbroker / Fence (uncredited)
- George Bruggeman as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Al Capone as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dick Cherney as Herman (uncredited)
- Paul Comi as Paul (uncredited)
- Jack Deery as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Jack Del Rio as Syndicate Man at Meeting (uncredited)
- Norman Dupont as Louis - Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
- Bernard Fein as Frenchy La Marr (uncredited)
Crew
- Budd Boetticher · Director
- Joseph Landon · Writer
- Milton Sperling · Producer
- Leonard Rosenman · Composer
- Lucien Ballard · Cinematographer
- Folmar Blangsted · Editor