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Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who feels he is reformed and deserves a break, but he has doubts that he will get one. Initially, his doubts seem unfounded as his life goes well; he is married to Joan (the woman who waited for him and who has always believed in him), her boss (Stephen the public defender) has helped him to get a steady job, and he has the wherewithal to buy a house with Joan.
You Only Live Once: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon. The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Fritz Lang
- 1937-01-29
A terrifying drama of love and murder! 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.
A young Henry Fonda is exceptional as the bitter, hopeless Eddie Taylor, a young criminal framed for murder and sent to Death Row, while Sylvia Sidney plays Joan Graham, the only light in Eddie’s life who will later become his wife, the mother of his child, and his accomplice in escaping from prison and avoiding capture by the police.
You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama movie directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Jerome Cowan, John Wray. It was distributed by United Artists.
Fritz Lang's classic film noir You Only Live Once took inspiration from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and turned it into an empathetic portrayal of the justice system and its refusal to allow former convicts to return to a life of normalcy.
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