You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 23, 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, 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.

You Only Live Once

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 23, 1937

You Only Live Once
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions
Original title You Only Live Once
Directors Robert Lee, Fritz Lang
Writers Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker

Cast

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

Margaret Hamilton

as Hester

Warren Hymer

as Buggsy

John Wray

as Warden Wheeler

Walter De Palma

as Monk Mendall (uncredited)

Ward Bond

as Casey - Guard (uncredited)

Jack Carson

as Attendant in First Gas Station

Shirley Coates

as Ethel (uncredited)

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)

Earl Askam

as Corridor Guard (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)

Raymond Brown

as Engineer (uncredited)

George Burton

as Convict Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

as Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Russ Clark

as Officer (uncredited)

David Clyde

as Fireman (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Guard (uncredited)

Hal Craig

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)

Mary Anne Durkin

as Warden's 14-Year-Old Daughter (uncredited)

Malcolm Graham

as Warden's Secretary (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Al K. Hall

as Man in Auto Court Office (uncredited)

Ben Hall

as Messenger with Package (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

as Williams' Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Herrick

as Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Brakeman in Diner (uncredited)

Al Hill

as Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)

Stanley King

as Convict (uncredited)

Stanley Mack

as Male Nurse (uncredited)

Wally Maher

as Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as State Trooper (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)

William Ruhl

as Guard (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall

as Chess-Playing Convict (uncredited)

Robert St. Angelo

as Corridor Guard (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

as Young Woman (uncredited)

Henry Taylor

as Kozderonas - Apple Vendor (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Traffic Policeman (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 C. Wilson

as Police Inspector (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)