To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) is an American thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel written by former Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. The film features William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, among others. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go ...
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) is an American thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel written by former Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. The film features William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, among others. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go to arrest a counterfeiter.
Richard Chance (Petersen) and Jimmy Hart (Michael Greene) are United States Secret Service agents with the Treasury Department, assigned as counterfeiting investigators in its Los Angeles field office. Chance has a reputation in the department for reckless behavior while his partner is three days away from retirement. After a near-fatal stint with the Presidential Protection Detail, Hart admits he is "getting too old for this shit," but takes on one last mission to apprehend master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Dafoe)....
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