title: Live Fast, Die Young (film)
text: # Live Fast, Die Young (film)
  
  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.
  
  