# To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

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**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, Action
**Directed by**: William Friedkin
**Written by**: William Friedkin, Gerald Petievich
**Starring**: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Dean Stockwell

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Los Angeles streets at dusk a siren blares 
Partner's bloody body on the pavement 
A Friedkin thriller unfolds.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, raw, unhinged

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