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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond is a 1960 crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Ray Danton, Karen Steele and Elaine Stewart. The supporting cast features Warren Oates, Jesse White and Robert Lowery. The picture marked the film debut of Dyan Cannon and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Howard Shoup.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond: Directed by Budd Boetticher. With Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White. Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.
Great character players and rising hopefuls (such as Dyan Cannon as mob "pigeon" Dixie) adds to the terrific pleasures of this throwback to classic Warner Bros. 1930s gangster sagas. It's one ...
Audience Member 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...
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Jun 22, 2017 · Bleak, unsparing, entirely lacking in sentiment or nostalgia, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond emerges almost as a newsreel of a violent era, as blunt and unforgiving as a shotgun blast. It’s one of Boetticher’s finest films, every bit as brutal as his westerns with Randolph Scott, an authentic slice of Americana with a distinctly sour taste.
The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond (1960) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheRiseAndFallOfLegsDiamond Famed director Budd Boetticher turns in his spurs for a pair of gats to tell the tale...
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.
