Watch: You Only Live Once 1937 123movies, Full Movie Online – Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. She uses her influence to get him released early, and he tries to go straight after marrying her, but things don’t work out, and they both go on the lam..
Plot: Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
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Eddie and Joan were two good looking people
You Only Live Once is directed by Fritz Lang and written by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne. It stars Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon and William Gargan. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Leon Shamroy.He has been pounding on the door of that execution chamber since the day he was born.
One of Fritz Lang’s first American productions is a cracker-jack proto- noir, a leading light (darkly shaded of course) in the sub-genre of fugitive lovers on the lam pictures. Story leans on the legend of Bonnie and Clyde and finds Fonda as three times jailbird Eddie Taylor. After strings are pulled and promises made, Eddie gets released into the arms of his adoring gal, Jo Graham (Sidney). Determined to go straight and settle down with Jo, Eddie finds a society not ready to forgive and forget, worst still, he’s old comrades in criminal arms have cooked something up and it’s not going to be good news for Eddie. Cue the Romeo & Juliet factor as two lovers love each other so much they will stop at nothing to be together and to try and make the other one happy.
Lang brings his expressionistic bent to the tragi noir tale, drifting fogs, mists and spider web shadows across key scenes. Canted angles feature, reflections in a psychological eye also play their part, while the protection of animals theme – and the continuing frog motif – further strengthens the otherworldly – cum – nightmarish aura that so often permeated Lang’s movies. The action scenes are deftly marshalled by the director, with a smoke grenade led robbery and a prison escape particularly worthy of luring you to the end of your seat.
Lang also gets fine performances from his lead actors, Sidney is not done too many favours by the screenplay, where she is saddled with one of those compliant love interest roles, but she brings a quality to her scenes with Fonda that earns respect. Fonda is great in what is a two- fold role, shifting skilfully between a tender lover to an embittered man, he’s a triumphant fulcrum for all the various strands that Lang is weaving together. It has been argued that it’s a film that’s too morally grey, but as film noir lovers will tell you, this is no bad thing, especially when Lang marries up his superb visuals with alienation, fatalism and pessimism.
Historically important to film noir and Lang fans, You Only Live Once is an ambiguous gem. 9/10
Unforgiving life
Saw ‘You Only Live Once’ as a great admirer of Fritz Lang, with his best work being influential masterpieces (have said quite a few times about loving ‘Metropolis’ and ‘M’). It was very interesting seeing Henry Fonda paired with Sylvia Sidney, and both have given impressive and more performances. Am especially fond of Sidney and here she is in the type of role that suited her to the ground, despite being familiar with Fonda for longer.‘You Only Live Once’ turned out to be quite an outstanding film and of all the films seen recently, the hard-hitting punch, irony and grit that ‘You Only Live Once’ had made it really stand out. While not one of Lang’s most influential films, it is to me in the top end and one of the best of his US films. It also has to me some of the best work of both Fonda and Sidney, especially Sidney, and the film is a must-see for both of them and not to be missed.
What really stands out in ‘You Only Live Once’ is the performances of the two leads. Sidney is especially wonderful, vulnerability in this type of film is not always this tender or touching and not the easiest to pull off. Fonda also gives one of his best performances and has some frightening intensity in his best moments. All the supporting cast are fine, but it is all about Fonda and Sidney at the top of their game.
All helped by Lang’s immaculate direction, capturing the bleakness and tension of the situation flawlessly. There are some very handsome production values, especially the moody lighting that is in keeping with the film’s bleak tone. The music is also quite atmospheric in a haunting way without over-scoring.
The script has tight tension, irony and poignancy, while the story is increasingly hard-hitting and suspenseful as well as surprisingly poignant. The prison yard scene is magnificently ironic.
Overall, superb film. 10/10
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 26 min (86 min)
Budget 575
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director Fritz Lang
Writer Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (9 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm