You Only Live Once
Directors
Fritz Lang
Actors
- Sylvia Sidney
- Henry Fonda
- Barton MacLane
Credits: 4
Summary
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
More about this movie
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.