You Only Live Once (1937)

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Directed by

Fritz Lang

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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

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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.

Release date: 29 January 1937
UPC: 014381192223

Tags: Film Noir (6), Crime (4), Drama (4), 1937 (3), Prison (2), United Artists (2), Secretary (1), Walter Wanger Productions (1), Jean Dixon (1), Sylvia Sidney (1), Barton Maclane (1), Ex-Convict (1), Film-noir (1), Truck Driver (1), Death Sentence (1), Injustice (1), Henry Fonda (1), Sister (1), Fritz Lang (1)

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