I still think this is one of the best films of its kind ever made. Ray Danton stars as Jack "Legs" Diamond and he really commands the entire movie.
The film opens with Diamond and his brother Eddie (Warren Oates) arriving in Chicago and the first thing they see is a gangland killing. Jack sees the dead may lying in front of a jewelry store and his first thoughts are robbing the place.
Before long Jack rises to some power in the gang world, but his quest for more power costs everyone around him including the people that really love and care for him.
He has his brother killed while trying to take over the entire crime empire, and even his associates are stunned by this. Soon, however, Jack comes up against a gangster force he cannot overcome.
This movie is superb in every way. The director was Budd Boetticher, and he always knows how to make a great movie. The rest of the cast is perfect and includes beautiful Karen Steele, sexy Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery, Kudson Pratt, Frank De Kova, Josepy Ruskin, Dyan Cannon, and Gordon Jones.
There is not one thing wrong with this film and if you like gangster movies, then this is for you. It has everything...powerful lead characters...great action...beautiful women and a good tight story.
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