You Only Live Once (1937 film)

You Only Live Once
Directed byFritz Lang
Screenplay by
Produced byWalter Wanger
Starring
CinematographyLeon Shamroy[1]
Edited byDaniel Mandell[1]
Music byAlfred Newman[1]
Production
companies
Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.[1]
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 29, 1937 (1937-01-29)
Running time
85–86 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$628,138[2]
Box office$589,503[2]

You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered an early film noir,[3] the film was the second directed by Lang in the United States.[4] At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film due to its then unprecedented violence.[5] Despite the removal of such scenes, the film is widely considered an early film noir classic.[6] The film is also known for being one of the first box-office bombs.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "You Only Live Once". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p437
  3. ^ Schager, Nick. "Please don't call Fritz Lang's fatalistic noir "YOLO"". Film.
  4. ^ Fritz Lang at IMDb
  5. ^ Justice, Christopher (December 30, 2009). "You Only Live Once".
  6. ^ French, Philip (July 14, 2012). "You Only Live Once". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.