---
title: 'You Only Live Once (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1937-01-29'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/you-only-live-once-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# You Only Live Once (1937)

1937 · 82 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Graham Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-graham-baker), [Gene Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-towne)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)

## Cast

- [Edgar Dearing](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-dearing)
- [Jack Carson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-carson)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)
- [Jerome Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-cowan)
- [Sylvia Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-sidney)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Margaret Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hamilton)
- [David Clyde](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-clyde)
- [Charles C. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-c-wilson)
- [Jack Cheatham](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cheatham)
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)

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