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To Live and Die in L.A.

Year:
Duration:
116 min | Germany:101 min (TV version)
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.2
Director:
William Friedkin
Awards:
3 wins
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1985-11-01
Filming Locations: 217 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $6,000,000
Opening Weekend: $3,551,761 (USA) (1 November 1985)
Gross: $17,307,019 (USA)AUD 106,000 (Australia)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell
To Live and Die in L.A.
William Petersen
Richard Chance
Willem Dafoe
Eric Masters
John Pankow
John Vukovich
Debra Feuer
Bianca Torres
John Turturro
Carl Cody
Darlanne Fluegel
Ruth Lanier
Steve James
Jeff Rice
Robert Downey Sr.
Thomas Bateman
Michael Greene
Jim Hart
Christopher Allport
Max Waxman
Jack Hoar
Jack
Valentin de Vargas
Judge Filo Cedillo
Dwier Brown
Doctor
Michael Chong
Thomas Ling
Jacqueline Giroux
Claudia Leith
Michael Zand
Terrorist
Bobby Bass
FBI Agent
Dar Robinson
FBI Agent
Anne Betancourt
Nurse
Katherine M. Louie
Ticket Agent
Edward Harrell
Airport Guard
Gilbert Espinoza
Ultro's Bartender
John Petievich
Agent
Zarko Petievich
Agent
Rick Dalton
Agent
Richard L. Lane
Agent
Jack Cota
Agent
Shirley J. White
Airline Passenger
Gerald H. Brownlee
Visiting Room Guard
David M. DuFriend
Tower Guard
Rubén García
Inmate Ruben
Joe Duran
Prison Guard
Bufort McClerkins
Prison Assailant (as Buford McClerkins)
Gregg Dandridge
Prison Assailant
Donnie Williams
Rice's Friend
Earnest Hart Jr.
Rice's Friend
Thomas F. Duffy
Credit Card Counterfeiter
Gerald Petievich
Special Agent (as Gerry Petievich)
Mark Gash
Mark Gash
Pat McGroarty
Criminal
Brian Bradley
Tourist
Jane Leeves
Serena
Cherise Bates
Dancer (as Cherise Bate)
Michael Higgins
Dancer (as Michael W. Higgins)
Chris Latanzi
Dancer (as Chris Lattanzi)
Shaun Earl
Dancer
Alan Baltes
Driver (uncredited)
Tommy Bull
Bit part (uncredited)
Gary Cole
Man Chased by Richard Chance
Stevie Mack
Basketball Player (uncredited)
Jason Ronard
Man Chased by Richar (uncredited)
Joey Sotello
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Chris Tashima
Extra (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Gary Sinise had originally auditioned for the part of Chance. When he was denied the role, he recommended William Petersen to William Friedkin.
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'William Friedken' had created one of the most recognised car chases ever filmed in The French Connection (1971). In this film, for the first time, the car chase has the police chasing the criminals as they both drive on the wrong side of the road, into oncoming traffic.
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The car chase sequence took six weeks to shoot. It was the last thing shot - apparently so that, if anything happened to the principal actors, the filmmakers would at least have the bulk of their movie completed without having to replace anybody.
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Goofs
When Masters is visiting Cody in jail, they are talking on phones on either side of what is presumably a clear soundproof wall. Yet after hanging up the phones, Cody says "don't forget about me" to Masters, and Masters answers him as if he heard what he said through the wall.
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During the scene when Rick Masters demands his money back from Jeff for the botched hit on Cody in jail, Jeff says "I owe you one Cody". Although some viewers think that the line should read "I owe you one, Rick," Jeff's reference to Cody is not a script error; Jeff is merely saying that he owes Rick "one Cody" - that is, one dead Cody.
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When the truck jackknifes during the chase, you can see a tow truck in the left of the frame pulling the back of the trailer.
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Quotes
John Vukovich: We got an FBI agent killed. You hear that?
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Carl Cody: [talking about Max Waxman] He's a lying son of a bitch! He's probably the motherfucker who did me. He ratted me to the feds. I'll kill him when I get out! I'm gonna give that fuckin' scumbag a serious headache. May God strike me dead if I don't waste him.
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Terrorist: I'm ready to die!
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Photos from cast
Dean Stockwell
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