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Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Dyan Cannon
- Dixieas Dixie
- (as Diane Cannon)
Don Anderson
- Bartenderas Bartender
- (uncredited)
Sammy Armaro
- Cab Driveras Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
- Pawnbrokeras Pawnbroker
- (uncredited)
- …
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Storyline
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewel thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from other thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and illicit drug operations. —Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
- Taglines
- The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
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- Certificate
- Not Rated
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Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Dyan Cannon. This is her first released film. She made This Rebel Breed (1960) previously, but it was released after this film.
- GoofsWhen Jack returns to Alice in the movie theater he's been gone so long that she was worried what happened to him, yet he tells her his brother's phone was busy, and she believes him. He also tells her that even though no one answered the phone, his brother is all right. She also believes that.
- Quotes
Jack 'Legs' Diamond: You can't kill me, I'm Legs Diamond.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1989)
Top review
How much of this is true? Who knows.
I am no expert on the life of 'Legs' Diamond, but I assume that the studio took great liberties with presenting his life story. This is because I've seen several other gangster films made between 1958-1962 and all of them seemed to play fast and loose with the facts. I think a lot of this was because of the TV show "The Untouchables". Its success spurred on these gangster biopics and like most of the biopics, the TV show played VERY fast and loose with facts....all because they were meant as entertainment first...and last.
Ray Danton plays the leading role. While Danton was a very good looking and smooth character, photos of the real 'Legs' show that he was far from the sexy hunk who could charm women. So, Danton was poor when it came to looking like Diamond...but was great for attracting females to the theaters to see him!
The story is a somewhat predictable tale of a monster who was bigger than life and had bigger than life ambitions....and the expected fall. After all, this IS in the title of the movie! So is it any good? Yes. The story is violent, exciting and never lets up....so it should keep your interest. Excellent direction sure didn't hurt this film, either!
Ray Danton plays the leading role. While Danton was a very good looking and smooth character, photos of the real 'Legs' show that he was far from the sexy hunk who could charm women. So, Danton was poor when it came to looking like Diamond...but was great for attracting females to the theaters to see him!
The story is a somewhat predictable tale of a monster who was bigger than life and had bigger than life ambitions....and the expected fall. After all, this IS in the title of the movie! So is it any good? Yes. The story is violent, exciting and never lets up....so it should keep your interest. Excellent direction sure didn't hurt this film, either!
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- MartinHafer
- Jan 24, 2020
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- The Life and Death of Legs Diamond
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) officially released in India in English?
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