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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-02-03
59%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
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.
Languages: German, English, French, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
United States Pictures
Movie: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ray Danton
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Karen Steele
Alice Scott
Elaine Stewart
Monica Drake
Jesse White
Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
Simon Oakland
Lt. Moody
Robert Lowery
Arnold Rothstein
Judson Pratt
Fats Walsh
Warren Oates
Eddie Diamond
Frank De Kova
Syndicate Chairman
Gordon Jones
Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy
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