Top billed cast

1. 

   Sylvia Sidney

   Joan Graham

2. 

   Henry Fonda

   Eddie Taylor

3. 

   Barton MacLane

   Stephen Whitney

4. 

   Jean Dixon

   Bonnie Graham

5. 

   William Gargan

   Father Dolan

6. 

   Jerome Cowan

   Dr. Hill

7. 

   Charles 'Chic' Sale

   Ethan

8. 

   Margaret Hamilton

   Hester

9. 

   Warren Hymer

   Buggsy

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-06-14

Eddie and Joan were two good looking people…

You Only Live Once is directed by Fritz Lang and written by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne. It stars Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon and William Gargan. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Leon Shamroy.

He has been pounding on the door of that execution chamber since the day he was born.

One of Fritz Lang's first American productions is a cracker-jack proto-noir, a leading light (darkly shaded of course) in the sub-genre of fugitive lovers on the lam pictures. Story leans on the legend of Bonnie and Cl...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$575.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on true story
• film noir
• ex-con
• wrongful conviction
• on the lam