Released
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
February 3 1960 (almost 65 years ago)Rating
58
Based on
19 reviews
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
- Director: Budd Boetticher
- Genres: Crime, History
- Runtime: 1 h 41 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: United States Pictures
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.
