The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

"The bullet hasn't been made that can kill me!"

Budd Boetticher repurposes his efficient Western formula for the gangster movie with The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960). The film has its modest charms, but never transcends its genre like Boetticher's best works.
Small-time hood Jack "Legs" Diamond (Ray Danton) moves from Philadelphia to New York City with his sick brother Eddie (Warren Oates). After spending time in jail for a burglary, Diamond becomes a bodyguard and enforcer for mob ...