You Only Live Once
A terrifying drama of love and murder!
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1/23/1937Runtime
86 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$575Revenue
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A fatalistic tragedy where a man's attempt at an honest life is systematically destroyed by a rigged system, forcing him into the very crime he didn't commit. It's a dark, inexorable descent that transforms a wronged man into the monster society branded him.
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Sylvia Sidney
Joan Graham
Henry Fonda
Eddie Taylor
Barton MacLane
Stephen Whitney
Jean Dixon
Bonnie Graham
William Gargan
Father Dolan
Jerome Cowan
Dr. Hill
Charles 'Chic' Sale
Ethan
Margaret Hamilton
Hester
Warren Hymer
Buggsy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Rogers
John Wray
Warden Wheeler
Walter De Palma
Monk Mendall (uncredited)
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