Does The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond scary?

Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Name: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Genre: Crime, History
Released: 1960
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland

The Wildest Mobster of the Roaring Twenties!

Directed by Budd Boetticher

Produced by United States Pictures

1960101 min6.1 / 10

A period crime drama following an ambitious, ruthless gangster's ascent through prohibition-era New York's underworld.

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.

Clusters

Crime and Betrayal Stories Vengeance Over Introspection Paranoia and Procedure American City Movies Organized Crime Movies

Genres

Crime History

Keywords

New York City Prohibition Era Gangster Mafia 1920s

Questions people ask

Does The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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