You Only Live Once (1937)

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 193 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with a criminal record tries to go straight after marrying a woman who believes in him. When he is framed for a crime, he must run from the law while fighting to prove his innocence.

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What happens

You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered a precursor film noir, it was the second film directed by Lang in the United States. At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film due to its then unprecedented violence. Despite this, the film is widely considered an early film noir classic. It is also known for being one of the first box-office bombs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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