To Live and Die in L.A.

About To Live and Die in L.A.

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William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 crime thriller film. The film is filed under audacious, mysterious, cop, and distressing.

William L. Petersen appears as Richard Chance, Willem Dafoe as Rick Masters, John Pankow as John Vukovich, and Debra Feuer as Bianca Torres. It runs 116 minutes and was released in November 1985.

The screenplay is by Gerald Petievich and William Friedkin. Produced by SLM Production Group. It streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus in the United States.

Memento, Drive, and Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair make useful companions to To Live and Die in L.A., all filed under bold, neo-noir, and revenge. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 848 votes and it carries a R rating.