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You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once1937

★7.186 minCrimeDramaRomance

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.

Director

Writer

Gene Towne C. Graham Baker

Score

Alfred Newman Raffaello Penso Hugo Friedhofer

Stars

Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane

Cast67

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
J
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
W
Walter De Palma
as Monk Mendall (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
Jack Carson
as Attendant in First Gas Station
S
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)
E
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)
R
Raymond Brown
as Engineer (uncredited)
George Burton
as Convict Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
as Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
R
Russ Clark
as Officer (uncredited)
David Clyde
as Fireman (uncredited)
Harry Cording
as Guard (uncredited)
H
Hal Craig
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
M
Mary Anne Durkin
as Warden's 14-Year-Old Daughter (uncredited)
M
Malcolm Graham
as Warden's Secretary (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
A
Al K. Hall
as Man in Auto Court Office (uncredited)
B
Ben Hall
as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
O
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Williams' Assistant (uncredited)
J
Jack Herrick
as Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Brakeman in Diner (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)
S
Stanley King
as Convict (uncredited)
S
Stanley Mack
as Male Nurse (uncredited)
W
Wally Maher
as Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited)
T
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)
W
William Ruhl
as Guard (uncredited)
A
Allen D. Sewall
as Chess-Playing Convict (uncredited)
R
Robert St. Angelo
as Corridor Guard (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Young Woman (uncredited)
H
Henry Taylor
as Kozderonas - Apple Vendor (uncredited)
M
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 Cahill Wilson
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)

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