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You Only Live Once

A terrifying drama of love and murder!

1937 · NR · 1h 26m

Directed by Fritz Lang

7.1

TMDB audience score
198 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Walter De Palma
    Monk Mendall (uncredited)

  • Ward Bond
    Casey - Guard (uncredited)

  • Jack Carson
    Attendant in First Gas Station

  • Shirley Coates
    Ethel (uncredited)

  • Dick Elliott
    Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

  • Jonathan Hale
    District Attorney (uncredited)

  • Ethan Laidlaw
    Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited)