Live Fast, Die Young (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Live Fast, Die Young

| image = Live Fast, Die Young movie poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Paul Henreid

| producer = Edward B. Barison
Richard Kaye
Harry Rybnick

| screenplay = Allen Rivkin
Ib Melchior

| story = Ib Melchior
Edwin B. Watson

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = Mary Murphy
Norma Eberhardt
Sheridan Comerate
Mike Connors

| cinematography = Philip H. Lathrop

| editing = Edward Curtiss

| studio = B.R.K Inc

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1958|4||}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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."{{cite news|title=Norma Eberhardt obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8794948/Norma-Eberhardt.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=2011-09-28|accessdate=2011-09-29}}

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.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety209-1958-02/page/n164/mode/1up?view=theater|title=Universal|date=February 19, 1958|page=5|via=Archive.org|access-date=September 26, 2021}} Troy Donahue was borrowed from Universal Pictures to play his role.{{Cite news|title=Basehart Gets Clown Story: Fisher, Wayne Team Seen; Betty Lanza in Film Debut|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=Dec 18, 1957|work=Los Angeles Times|page=B13}}

Legacy

File:Baseline Drive-in Ad - 11 June 1958, Highland, CA.jpg advertisement from 1958]]

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.