Picture starts out with a promising mission: It was to show the rise and fall of Legs Diamond. At once, the guy is shown to be a selfish cad. Ray Danton looks almost glassy-eyed here in his portrayal of the noted gangster.
Jesse White, as Leo, is totally miscast. White sounds like he is almost ready to do another Maytag commercial. He is totally unconvincing as a gangster.
The picture quickly dissolves into a shoot them up action film. The characters are not given any chance to develop, especially the part of Arnold Rothstein.
Karen Steele does well in the part of the abused wife. She really drinks her way down a downward path.
Rather weak writing does this 1960 film in. Ray Danton, 5 years before, you made your film debut as Susan Hayward's ill-fated attorney-boyfriend in the classic "I'll Cry Tomorrow." You were voted most promising actor. Then, you began to make films of lower quality and you were soon washed up as an actor. As far as this film, while we realize that Legs is portrayed as someone not capable of loving anyone, it is never fully explained why he turned on his sickly brother.
Jesse White, as Leo, is totally miscast. White sounds like he is almost ready to do another Maytag commercial. He is totally unconvincing as a gangster.
The picture quickly dissolves into a shoot them up action film. The characters are not given any chance to develop, especially the part of Arnold Rothstein.
Karen Steele does well in the part of the abused wife. She really drinks her way down a downward path.
Rather weak writing does this 1960 film in. Ray Danton, 5 years before, you made your film debut as Susan Hayward's ill-fated attorney-boyfriend in the classic "I'll Cry Tomorrow." You were voted most promising actor. Then, you began to make films of lower quality and you were soon washed up as an actor. As far as this film, while we realize that Legs is portrayed as someone not capable of loving anyone, it is never fully explained why he turned on his sickly brother.