Movie · 1960
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
“The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!”
Released 3 February 1960 101 min Crime / History More from 1960 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Frank De Kova
as Syndicate Chairman
Gordon Jones
as Police Sgt. Joe Cassidy
Robert Lowery
as Arnold Rothstein
Dorothy Neumann
as Woman Outside Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Simon Oakland
as Lt. Moody
Richard Gardner
as Vince Coll
Jesse White
as Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
Judson Pratt
as Fats Walsh
Hazel Shermet
as Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited)
Joseph Ruskin
as Matt Moran
Don Anderson
as Bartender (uncredited)
Bob Herron
as Thug (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Warren Oates
as Eddie Diamond
Elaine Stewart
as Monica Drake
Ray Danton
as Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Karen Steele
as Alice Scott
Robert "Buzz" Henry
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
John Gabriel
as Gunman (uncredited)
Dyan Cannon
as Dixie
Sammy Armaro
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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The numbers
26years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Frank De Kova — oldest on the call sheet
23Dyan Cannon — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast