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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960·101 min

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Directed by Budd Boetticher

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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.

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Jack 'Legs' Diamond

Alice Scott

Monica Drake

Leo 'Butcher' Bremer

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Milton Sperling

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Simon Oakland

Lt. Moody

Arnold Rothstein

Fats Walsh

Eddie Diamond

Syndicate Chairman

Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy

Matt Moran

Dixie

Richard Gardner

Vince Coll

Bartender (uncredited)

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Cherry Nose Gioe (uncredited)

Pawnbroker / Fence (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

Club Patron (uncredited)

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Herman (uncredited)

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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) is about 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.

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Budd Boetticher directed The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960).

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