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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960 · 101 min

A cool, clipped rise-and-fall gangster tale that watches its antihero climb and crash with detached, almost clinical precision.

Tagline
The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • power
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, history
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Written by
Joseph Landon
Starring
Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery, Judson Pratt, Warren Oates
Music
Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, English, French, Italian

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