You Only Live Once

Infobox_Film
name = You Only Live Once


imdb_id = 0029808
producer = Walter Wanger
director = Fritz Lang
writer = C. Graham Baker
Gene Towne
starring = Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
music = Alfred Newman
cinematography = Leon Shamroy
editing = Dan Mandell
distributor = United Artists
released = January 29, 1937
runtime = 86 min.
amg_id = 1:55916
language = English

"You Only Live Once" is a 1937 crime drama film starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered an early film noir, the film was the second directed by Fritz Lang in America. At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film due to its then unprecedented realistic violence. Despite the absence of such scenes, the film was initially successful and is an early film noir classic.

Plot

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) 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 (Sylvia Sidney) and baby. While fleeing the police, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Cast

* Sylvia Sidney "as" Joan "Jo" Graham
* Henry Fonda "as" Eddie Taylor
* Barton MacLane "as" Stephen Whitney
* Jean Dixon "as" Bonnie Graham
* William Gargan "as" Father Dolan
* Warren Hymer "as" Muggsy
* Charles Sale "as" Ethan
* Margaret Hamilton "as" Hester
* Guinn "Big Boy" Williams "as" Rogers
* Jerome Cowan "as" Dr. Hill

External links

*imdb title|id=0029808|title=You Only Live Once