You Only Live Once

Overview

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.

Directed by Fritz Lang

Top cast

Sylvia Sidney

Joan Graham

Henry Fonda

Eddie Taylor

Barton MacLane

Stephen Whitney

Jean Dixon

Bonnie Graham

William Gargan

Father Dolan

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Jerome Cowan

Dr. Hill

Charles 'Chic' Sale

Ethan

Margaret Hamilton

Hester

Warren Hymer

Buggsy

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Rogers

John Wray

Warden Wheeler

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Walter De Palma

Monk Mendall (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Casey - Guard (uncredited)

Jack Carson

Attendant in First Gas Station

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Shirley Coates

Ethel (uncredited)

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)

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