Live Fast, Die Young is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Paul Henreid and starring Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Sheridan Comerate and Mike Connors. Considered a cult film, promotional campaigns used the tagline "a sin-steeped story of the rise of the Beat Generation."
Plot Two sisters, Kim Winters (Murphy) and Jill Winters (Eberhardt) run away from their home and school. They escape to the city, where they become criminals and jewelry thieves.
Cast Mary Murphy as Kim Winters / narrator Norma Eberhardt as Jill Winters Sheridan Comerate as Jerry Mike Connors as Rick (as Michael Connors) Peggy Maley as Sue Hawkins Jay Jostyn as Fred Knox Troy Donahue as Artie Sanders / Artie Smith Carol Varga as Violet Joan Marshall as Judy Tobin Gordon Jones as Pop Winters Dawn Richard as Mona Jamie O'Hara as Mary
Production Its working title was Seed of Violence. Troy Donahue was borrowed from Universal Pictures to play his role.
Legacy
A cult classic, Norma Eberhardt noted that, "The film tapped into what kids were feeling – that society sucked and they were rebelling against it." Screenshots of Eberhardt were printed onto T-shirts worn by Slash, the guitarist of Guns N' Roses, in 2007. Eberhardt was described as "highly amused" by Slash's wardrobe.
See also List of American films of 1958
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