The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1960-02-03
Runtime: 101 mins
Director: Budd Boetticher
Writer: Joseph Landon
Spoken language: Deutsch, Italiano, Français, English
Genres: Crime, History
Original title: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Production Companies: United States Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Ray Danton
Karen Steele
Elaine Stewart
Jesse White
Simon Oakland
Robert Lowery
Judson Pratt
Warren Oates
Frank De Kova
Gordon Jones
Joseph Ruskin
Dyan Cannon
Richard Gardner
Don Anderson
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