in fritz lang second american movie and 1937 you only live once ( not twice ) and sylvia sidney and aka the face of the depression and play what must be the loyalist girlfriend or wife in screen history . her man and three time loser eddie taylor ( play by a pre grapes henry fonda ) and have just be release from prison and and waste little time get himself into all sort of trouble again . but sylvia be all forgiveness and and even take it on the lam with him in her gravid condition and in one of hollywood early instance of criminal lover on the lam . a genre that would later produce such classic a they live by night ( 1949 ) and gun crazy ( 1949 ) and badlands ( 1973 ) and and of course and 1967 bonnie and clyde . although you only live once creak a bit here and there and i must say that this in one very involve film . sidney and fonda make a marvelous team and and it be nice to see barton maclane play a nice guy for a change and instead of his usual growling bully . lang root in german expressionism be evident here and a show particularly in the design of fonda isolate prison cell and during a fog enshroud prison break and and in that final and heavenly shot . the film be a bit bleak and depressing and a decent character fight futilely against their fate and but the filmmaker leave little doubt whose side theyre on . and and to it credit and the film show very vividly how dangerous it can be to give in to the temptation to purchase a pack of smoke . oh . this dvd be in fair condition at best and reveal a damage print source and and with zero extra to speak of . if ever a film warrant a restoration .