| Live Fast, Die Young | |
| Director: | Paul Henreid |
| Producer: | Edward B. Barison Richard Kaye Harry Rybnick |
| Screenplay: | Allen Rivkin Ib Melchior |
| Story: | Ib Melchior Edwin B. Watson |
| Starring: | Mary Murphy Norma Eberhardt Sheridan Comerate Mike Connors |
| Cinematography: | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Editing: | Edward Curtiss |
| Studio: | B.R.K Inc |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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."[1]
Two sisters, Kim Winters (Murphy) and Jill Winters (Eberhardt) run away from their home and school.[1] They escape to the city, where they become criminals and jewelry thieves.[1]
Its working title was Seed of Violence.[2] Troy Donahue was borrowed from Universal Pictures to play his role.[3]
A cult classic, Norma Eberhardt noted that, "The film tapped into what kids were feeling – that society sucked and they were rebelling against it."[1] Screenshots of Eberhardt were printed onto T-shirts worn by Slash, the guitarist of Guns N' Roses, in 2007.[1] Eberhardt was described as "highly amused" by Slash's wardrobe.[1]