You Only Live Once
176 reviews
Crime/Drama
1h 26m
1937
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder,...
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Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
- DirectorFritz Lang
- Release23 January 1937
- Genre
- Duration1h 26m
- Budget$575
- Revenue?
- Rate176 reviews
- Productions
Walter Wanger Productions, United Artists
Cast

Sylvia Sidney
Joan Graham

Henry Fonda
Eddie Taylor

Barton MacLane
Stephen Whitney

Jean Dixon
Bonnie Graham

William Gargan
Father Dolan

Jerome Cowan
Dr. Hill

Charles 'Chic' Sale
Ethan

Margaret Hamilton
Hester

Warren Hymer
Buggsy

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Rogers

John Wray
Warden Wheeler

Ward Bond
Casey - Guard (uncredited)

Jack Carson
Attendant in First Gas Station

Dick Elliott
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
District Attorney (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw
Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Plainclothesman (uncredited)

James Flavin
State Trooper (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley
Teletype Operator (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Rafferty - Guard (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Pat - Policeman with Package (uncredited)

Al Bridge
Guard (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Compositor (uncredited)

George Burton
Convict Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham
Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)

David Clyde
Fireman (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Guard (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
Brakeman in Diner (uncredited)

Al Hill
Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited)

William Pawley
Mr. Williams (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Corridor Guard (uncredited)

James Pierce
Guard (uncredited)

Lon Poff
Halsey (uncredited)

Stanley Price
Sparks - Man in Diner (uncredited)

Mickey Rentschler
Ten-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland
Young Woman (uncredited)

Kathrin Clare Ward
Blonde Cook in Diner (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren
Prison Chef (uncredited)

Lillian West
Mother (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson
Police Inspector (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)
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