

You Only Live Once(1937)
"A terrifying drama of love and murder!"
Overview
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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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)

Ward Bond
Casey - Guard (uncredited)

Jack Carson
Attendant in First Gas Station
Shirley Coates
Ethel (uncredited)

Dick Elliott
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
District Attorney (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw
Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Plainclothesman (uncredited)

James Flavin
State Trooper (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Armored Car Guard Unloading Money (uncredited)
Earl Askam
Corridor Guard (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley
Teletype Operator (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Rafferty - Guard (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Pat - Policeman with Package (uncredited)

Al Bridge
Guard (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Compositor (uncredited)
Raymond Brown
Engineer (uncredited)

George Burton
Convict Waiter (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham
Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Officer (uncredited)

David Clyde
Fireman (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Guard (uncredited)
Hal Craig
Bank Guard (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing
State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
Mary Anne Durkin
Warden's 14-Year-Old Daughter (uncredited)
Malcolm Graham
Warden's Secretary (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Al K. Hall
Man in Auto Court Office (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Williams' Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
Brakeman in Diner (uncredited)

Al Hill
Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)
Stanley King
Convict (uncredited)
Stanley Mack
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Wally Maher
Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Man Telling Eddie of Phone Call (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
State Trooper (uncredited)

William Pawley
Mr. Williams (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Corridor Guard (uncredited)

James Pierce
Guard (uncredited)

Lon Poff
Halsey (uncredited)

Stanley Price
Sparks - Man in Diner (uncredited)

Mickey Rentschler
Ten-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Guard (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Chess-Playing Convict (uncredited)
Robert St. Angelo
Corridor Guard (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland
Young Woman (uncredited)
Henry Taylor
Kozderonas - Apple Vendor (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Dan - Corridor Guard (uncredited)

Kathrin Clare Ward
Blonde Cook in Diner (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren
Prison Chef (uncredited)

Lillian West
Mother (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson
Police Inspector (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Convict Watching Baseball Game (uncredited)
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