The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960. USA. Directed by Budd (Oscar) Boetticher. With Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Warren Oates. Boetticher—better known for his string of low-budget, high-caliber Randolph Scott Westerns—was, along with directors like Don Siegel and Phil Karlson, a Midas who could transform genre dross into gilded, if not golden, treasure. Here, he references prohibition-era gangster films of the 1930s and anticipates Boardwalk Empire. 101 min.