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To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
· Movie
· 116 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #882
- IMDb #1562
- Google retired #1282
- Rotten Tomatoes #1216
- Metacritic #951
- Letterboxd #585
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1165
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1768
- Metacritic Critics #653
- Metacritic Audience #2022
- Kinopoisk #2783
- AlloCiné #1001
- Trakt #2201
Every rating
69–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 69, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A reckless Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with avenging the murder of his partner. His target is a sophisticated and ruthless counterfeiter. Blurring the lines between justice and criminality, the agent descends into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles, willing to break any law and bend any rule to get close to the killer, culminating in a dangerous and unpredictable confrontation.
Details
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Writers
- Gerald Petievich, William Friedkin
- Based on
- To Live and Die in L.A. by Gerald Petievich
- Released
- 1 November 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Arabic, Spanish
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $17.3M
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Cast
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Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination total
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