The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
1960-02-03 | 101 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Ray DantonJack 'Legs' Diamond
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Karen SteeleAlice Scott
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Elaine StewartMonica Drake
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Jesse WhiteLeo 'Butcher' Bremer
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Simon OaklandLt. Moody
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Robert LoweryArnold Rothstein
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Judson PrattFats Walsh
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Warren OatesEddie Diamond
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Frank De KovaSyndicate Chairman
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Gordon JonesPolice Sgt. Joe Cassidy
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Joseph RuskinMatt Moran
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Dyan CannonDixie
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Herb ArmstrongCherry Nose Gioe (uncredited)
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Nesdon BoothPawnbroker / Fence (uncredited)
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Al CaponeHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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