The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Crime
History
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.
1960-02-03
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Cast
Director
Budd Boetticher
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 De Kova as Syndicate Chairman
Gordon Jones as Police 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)
Al Capone as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Comi as Paul (uncredited)
Ralf Harolde as Doctor (uncredited)
Robert "Buzz" Henry as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bob Herron as Thug (uncredited)
Judd Holdren as Haberdashery Clerk (uncredited)
Roy Jenson as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Club Patron (uncredited)
Carey Loftin as Thug (uncredited)
Ralph Manza as Bookmaker (uncredited)
Sid Melton as Little Augie (uncredited)
Frances Mercer as Flo - Brothel Madam (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann as Woman Outside Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady as Club Patron (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Syndicate Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Bernard Sell as Gambler (uncredited)
Hazel Shermet as Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited)
Carl Sklover as Croupier (uncredited)
John Gabriel as Gunman (uncredited)
Paul Russell as Club Patron (uncredited)