You Only Live Once (1937) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Fritz Lang.

Cast

• Sylvia Sidney as Joan Graham
• Henry Fonda as Eddie Taylor
• Barton MacLane as Stephen Whitney
• Jean Dixon as Bonnie Graham
• William Gargan as Father Dolan
• Jerome Cowan as Dr. Hill
• Charles 'Chic' Sale as Ethan
• Margaret Hamilton as Hester
• Warren Hymer as Buggsy
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Rogers
• John Wray as Warden Wheeler
• Walter De Palma as Monk Mendall (uncredited)
• Ward Bond as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
• Jack Carson as Attendant in First Gas Station
• Shirley Coates as Ethel (uncredited)
• Dick Elliott as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
• Jonathan Hale as District Attorney (uncredited)
• Ethan Laidlaw as Tommy, a Prison Guard (uncredited)
• Franklyn Farnum as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
• James Flavin as State Trooper (uncredited)
• Chuck Hamilton as Armored Car Guard Unloading Money (uncredited)
• Earl Askam as Corridor Guard (uncredited)
• Hooper Atchley as Teletype Operator (uncredited)
• Stanley Blystone as Rafferty - Guard (uncredited)
• Wade Boteler as Pat - Policeman with Package (uncredited)
• Al Bridge as Guard (uncredited)
• Don Brodie as Compositor (uncredited)
• Raymond Brown as Engineer (uncredited)
• George Burton as Convict Waiter (uncredited)
• Jack Cheatham as Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
• Russ Clark as Officer (uncredited)
• David Clyde as Fireman (uncredited)
• Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)
• Hal Craig as Bank Guard (uncredited)
• Edgar Dearing as State Trooper Firing Machine Gun (uncredited)
• Mary Anne Durkin as Warden's 14-Year-Old Daughter (uncredited)
• Malcolm Graham as Warden's Secretary (uncredited)
• Frank Hagney as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
• Al K. Hall as Man in Auto Court Office (uncredited)
• Ben Hall as Messenger with Package (uncredited)

Crew

• Fritz Lang — Director
• Gene Towne — Screenplay
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• C. Graham Baker — Screenplay
• Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography

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