The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

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The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!

Director: Budd Boetticher

Writer: Joseph Landon

Producer: Milton Sperling

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.

101 min Rating: 5.952/10 Released
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Top Cast

Ray Danton
Ray Danton
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Karen Steele
Karen Steele
Alice Scott
Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Monica Drake
Jesse White
Jesse White
Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland
Lt. Moody
Robert Lowery
Robert Lowery
Arnold Rothstein

Movie Info

Director: Budd Boetticher

Writer: Joseph Landon

Producer: Milton Sperling

Production Companies: United States Pictures

Countries: United States of America

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