You Only Live Once
Crime
Drama
Romance
A terrifying drama of love and murder!
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.
1937-01-23
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Cast
Director
Fritz Lang
Sylvia Sidney as Joan Graham
Henry Fonda as Eddie Taylor
Barton MacLane as Stephen Whitney
Jean Dixon as Bonnie Graham
William Gargan as Father Dolan
Jerome Cowan as Dr. Hill
Charles 'Chic' Sale as Ethan
Margaret Hamilton as Hester
Warren Hymer as Buggsy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Rogers
John Wray as Warden Wheeler
Ward Bond as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
Jack Carson as Attendant in First Gas Station
Dick Elliott as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale as District Attorney (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
James Flavin as State Trooper (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Armored Car Guard Unloading Money (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley as Teletype Operator (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone as Rafferty - Guard (uncredited)
Wade Boteler as Pat - Policeman with Package (uncredited)
Al Bridge as Guard (uncredited)
Don Brodie as Compositor (uncredited)
George Burton as Convict Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham as Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
David Clyde as Fireman (uncredited)
Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood as Brakeman in Diner (uncredited)
Al Hill as Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)
Frank Mills as Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited)
William Pawley as Mr. Williams (uncredited)
Lee Phelps as Corridor Guard (uncredited)
James Pierce as Guard (uncredited)
Lon Poff as Halsey (uncredited)
Stanley Price as Sparks - Man in Diner (uncredited)
Mickey Rentschler as Ten-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland as Young Woman (uncredited)
Max Wagner as Dan - Corridor Guard (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward as Blonde Cook in Diner (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren as Prison Chef (uncredited)
Lillian West as Mother (uncredited)
Charles Cahill Wilson as Police Inspector (uncredited)
Harry Wilson as Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)