Film · Crime, History
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
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.
- Director
- Budd Boetticher
- Writers
- Joseph Landon
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 3, 1960
Cast
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)
