You Only Live Once

1937 · directed by Fritz Lang

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

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.

You Only Live Once (1937), directed by Fritz Lang, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Sylvia Sidney
• Henry Fonda
• Barton MacLane
• Jean Dixon
• William Gargan
• Jerome Cowan
• Charles 'Chic' Sale
• Margaret Hamilton
• Warren Hymer
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Crew

• Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography
• Daniel Mandell — Editor
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• C. Graham Baker — Screenplay
• Gene Towne — Screenplay

More from Fritz Lang

1. M (1931) — 100/100 · hit
2. Metropolis (1927) — 88/100 · hit
3. Scarlet Street (1945) — 86/100 · hit
4. The Big Heat (1953) — 85/100 · hit
5. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — 85/100 · hit
6. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) — 84/100 · hit

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