The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

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Movie Info

The New York killer (Ray Danton) goes from mob bodyguard to mob boss to mob target.
  • Genre:
    crime, drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Budd Boetticher
  • Producer:
    Milton Sperling
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  • Production Co:
    United States Pictures

Cast

Ray Danton
as Jack "Legs" Diamond
Karen Steele
as Alice Sniffer
Elaine Stewart
as Monica Drake
Jesse White
as Leo Bremer
Simon Oakland
as Lt. Moody
Robert Lowery
as Arnold Rothstein
Judson Pratt
as Fats Walsh
Warren Oates
as Eddie Diamond
Frank de Kova
as Chairman
Gordon Jones
as Sgt. Cassidy
Joseph Ruskin
as Matt Moran
Dyan Cannon
as Dixie
Richard Gardner
as Vince Coll
Sid Melton
as Little Augie
Nesdon Booth
as Fence
Buzz Henry
as Bodyguard
Dyke Johnson
as Bodyguard
Roy Jenson
as Bodyguard
Joseph Marr
as Officer
Jim Drum
as Officer
Dorothy Neumann
as Woman
Frances Mercer
as Woman
Judd Holdren
as Haberdashery Clerk
George Taylor
as Switchboard Operator
Robert Herron
as Thug
Carey Loftin
as Thug
Norman DuPont
as Maitre d' Louis
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Audience Reviews for The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

  • Jan 02, 2020
    Sometimes overlooked, The Rise And Fall of Legs Diamond is one of the better crime bios of the 1950s (released in 1960). Ray Danton is magnetic in the title role of a psychopath Legs Diamond who holds no remorse for the multiple killings, betrayals and broken hearts he was responsible for. Unfortunately, most of the rest of the cast fails to match Danton's magnetism.
    Aldo G Super Reviewer
  • Oct 14, 2007
    Overlooked gangster picture with the fierce energy of the early classics. A rags to riches story with the typical hubristic, heartless, no-nonsense character battling to get to the top of the underworld.
    Pierluigi P Super Reviewer
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