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Box office. $17.3 million. To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir [1] [2] action crime thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin and based on the 1984 novel by former United States Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin.
- $6 million
- Wang Chung
- November 1, 1985 (United States)
- Irving H. Levin, Bud S. Smith
Nov 1, 1985 · To Live and Die in L.A.: Directed by William Friedkin. With Jane Leeves, Cherise Bates, Willem Dafoe, Michael Higgins. A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
- Snoopystyle
- 2 min
- William Friedkin
- 287
Rated: 3/4 • May 31, 2023. When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William L. Petersen) vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous ...
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- William Friedkin
- R
- William Petersen
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with tracking down a notorious and dangerous Los Angeles counterfeitor. Cast & Crew. Read More. William Friedkin. Director. William Petersen. Willem Dafoe. John Turturro. Dean Stockwell. Thomas F Duffy. Film Details. Also Known As.
- William Friedkin, Scott Smith
- William Petersen
"To Live and Die in L.A." seems to know a lot about counterfeiting and also about theinterior policies of the Secret Service. The film isn't just about copsand robbers, but about two systems of doing business, and how one ofthe systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other.
While John follows a lead to Masters' studio, Masters meets with local dealer, Jeff Rice (Steve James), at a basketball court and agrees to pay him $75,000 to have Cody killed in prison. When the hit fails, Richard interrogates Cody, but Cody refuses to betray Masters.
