You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once
Release: 1937-01-23
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 7.1
Crime
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Walter Wanger Productions
United Artists
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
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)
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)
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)
