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You Only Live Once is an American crime film first released in 1937,
directed by Fritz Lang.
The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon and William Gargan.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Fritz Lang
- Script: Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Cast: Sylvia Sidney (Joan Graham Taylor), 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 (misspelled Roger in closing credits)), John Wray (Warden Wheeler), Walter De Palma (Monk Mendall), Earl Askam (Corridor guard), Hooper Atchley (Teletype operator), Allen Black (Baby Taylor), Stanley Blystone (Rafferty, guard), Ward Bond (Casey, guard), Wade Boteler (Pat, policeman with package), Al Bridge (Guard), Don Brodie (Compositor), Raymond Brown (Engineer), George Burton (Convict waiter), Jack Carson (Attendant in first gas station), Jack Cheatham (Prison hospital guard), Russ Clark (Officer), David Clyde (Fireman), Shirley Coates (Ethel), Harry Cording (Guard), Edgar Dearing (State trooper firing machine gun), Mary Anne Durkin (Warden’s 14-year-old daughter), Dick Elliott (City editor), James Flavin (State trooper), Malcolm Graham (Warden’s secretary), Frank Hagney (Plainclothesman), Jonathan Hale (District attorney), Al K. Hall (Man in auto court office), Ben Hall (Messenger with package), Chuck Hamilton (Armored car guard unloading money), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Williams’ assistant), Jack Herrick (Convict watching baseball game), Herbert Heywood (Brakeman in diner), Al Hill (Attendant in second gas station), Earl ’Hap’ Hogan (Trusty), Betsy Ruth Huff (Eight-year-old girl), Ethan Laidlaw (Tony, aka Tommy, a guard), Robert Lee (Jason), Wally Maher (Attendant in second gas station), Frank Mills (Man telling Eddie of phone call), Roberta Mountjoy (Warden’s eight-year-old daughter), Ted Oliver (State trooper), William Pawley (Mr. Williams), Lee Phelps (Corridor guard), James Pierce (Guard), Lon Poff (Halsey), Stanley Price (Sparks, man in diner), Mickey Rentschler (Ten-year-old boy), William Ruhl (Guard), Claire Sinclair (Mrs. Wheeler), Robert St. Angelo (Corridor guard), Jean Stoddard (Stenographer), Henry Taylor (Kozderonas, apple vendor), Monte Vandergrift (Traffic policeman), Max Wagner (Dan, corridor guard), Kathrin Clare Ward (Blonde cook in diner), E. Alyn Warren (Prison chef), Lillian West (Mother), Charles C. Wilson (Police inspector), Harry Wilson (Convict watching baseball game)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 86 min; B&W
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