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To Live and Die in L.A.

“A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.”

1985 · 1 h 56 min
Directed by William Friedkin
ActionCrimeDrama

Cast

William Petersen Willem Dafoe John Pankow

Credits

Written by: Gerald Petievich

Plot

A Secret Service agent obsessively pursues a counterfeiter in Los Angeles.

Sinekatalog’s take

William Friedkin's neon-lit crime thriller is hard-edged and stylish, with a famed car chase. William Petersen and Willem Dafoe are sharp, and its bleak ending is memorable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (50,815 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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