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This ferocious gangster biopic indulges in none of the nostalgia for the Depression or glamorisation of its anti-heroes so prevalent in most such movies. The tone is almost existential: wisely, Boetticher defines his protagonist not through psychology but through action.
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.
This effective gangster film on the notorious New York mobster Jack "Legs" Diamond is interspersed with moments of comic relief and was released just a few months after The Purple Gang shot their way across the silver screens in the U.S. Ironically, that gang and Diamond met their ends in the same year, 1931, and their rise was largely due to Prohibition.
El fin del rey del crimen es una película dirigida por Budd Boetticher con Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White .... Año: 1960. Título original: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond. Sinopsis: En los años veinte, Jack Diamond (Ray Danton), apodado "Legs" ("El Piernas"), y su hermano Eddie (Warren Oates) llegan a la ciudad de Nueva York en busca de fortuna.
This ferocious gangster biopic indulges in none of the nostalgia for the Depression or glamorisation of its anti-heroes so prevalent in most such movies. The tone is almost existential: wisely, Boetticher defines his protagonist not through psychology but through action.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Crime 1960 1 hr 41 min iTunes Available on iTunes The New York killer (Ray Danton) goes from mob bodyguard to mob boss to mob target. Crime 1960 1 hr 41 min iTunes 71% Not Rated Starring Ray Danton, Karen Steele ...
Película Crimen / Historia / Acción dirigida en 1960 por Budd Boetticher, con Ray Danton (Jack 'Legs' Diamond), Karen Steele (Alice Scott) y Elaine Stewart (Monica Drake). ... The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond La ley del hampa Ver en fuboTV 🇺🇸 3 février 1960 8 miembros
