You Only Live Once
Summary:
Archetypal depression-era stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are felicitously teamed in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Fonda plays an ex-convict who can't get a break on the "outside". He marries Sidney, who like her husband is one of life's losers. Framed on a murder rap, Fonda is forced to take it on the lam, with his wife and baby in tow. In trying to avoid capture, Fonda become... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Sylvia Sidney - (Joan "Jo" Graham)
Henry Fonda - (Eddie Taylor)
Barton MacLane - (Stephen Whitney)
Jean Dixon - (Bonnie Graham)
William Gargan - (Father Dolan)
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Review:
Like his American debut Fury, Fritz Lang's second American feature traces the fate of a man struggling to clear his name after being accused of a crime he didn't commit. A powerful one-two punch, these films both feature a strong sense of social justice, and suggest that Lang was disturbed by the injustice and intolerance he found in the c... Continue >>
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