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To Live and Die in L.A.
Synopsis
William Friedkin's crime thriller, based on a book by U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, concerns an arrogant Secret Service official who wants to get his man at any price. Willem Dafoe plays Eric Masters, an ultra-smooth counterfeiter who has managed to sidestep the police for years. He is so up-front about his dealings, in fact, that when some undercover agents try to make a deal with him at his health club, Eric tells them, I've been coming to this gym three times a week for five years. I'm an easy guy to find. People know they can trust me. But when young and eager Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William L. Petersen) finds out that his partner has been cold-bloodedly murdered by Eric, he trains his relentlessness upon capturing Eric -- whether it means robbery, murder, or exploiting his friends and associates. As Chance erases the dividing line between good and evil, he drags his new partner John Vukovich (John Pankow) and Ruth Lanier (Darlanne Fluegel), an ex-con, down into the maelstrom with him.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    William Friedkin,
  • Writer:
    Gerald Petievich, William Friedkin,
  • Producer:
    Irving H. Levin, Irving H. Levin,
  • Cinematographer:
    Robby Müller,
  • Editor:
    M. Scott Smith,
  • Executive Producer:
    Samuel Schulman,
  • Cast:
    Willem Dafoe, Debra Feuer, William Petersen, John Pankow, John Turturro,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Sonny Baskin, Jill Smith, Joe Mosca,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Charles Myers,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Bob Roe,
  • Co-Producer:
    Bud S. Smith,
  • Camera Operator:
    Robert D. Yeoman,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Jackie Saunders,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Frank Viviano,
  • Location Manager:
    Michael Healy,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Dianne Mapp-Cheek,
  • Set Dresser:
    John Stadelman, Jon Hutman,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Louis L. Edemann, Jeff Bushelman, Mike Dobie,
  • Stunts:
    Loren Janes, William H. Burton Sr., Orwin C. Harvey, Bobby Bass, Billy D. Lucas, Debbie Lynn Ross, Henry Kingi, Matt Johnston, John Meier, Clarke Coleman, R. A. Rondell, Danny Rogers, Phil Chong, Richard M. Ellis, Erik Felix, Jon Conrad Pochron, Glory Fioramonti, Dick Ziker, Steve M. Davison, Billy Bates, Keith Tellez, David R. Ellis, Steve Holladay, Jeb Stuart Adams, Ray Saniger, Doc Duhame, Manny Perry, Michael Runyard, Wally Crowder, James M. Halty, Jim Connors, Billy Hank Hooker, Jimmy Nickerson, Pat Green, Gary McLarty, Tony Epper, Tommy J. Huff, Scott Wilder, Chad Randall, Pat McGroarty, Gary Hymes, Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Eddy Donno, Hugh Hooker, Carl Ciarfalio, Jophery C. Brown, David Carlton, Donna Keegan, Jay C. Currin, Kenny Bates, Charley Morgan, Tim Culbertson, Ray Colbert, Tim A. Davison, Pat Romano, Vernon Rieta, John Casino, Justin De Rosa, Larry Holt, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Dar Robinson, Dennis Scott, Bobby Burns, Kenny Endoso,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    Scott Guthrie,
  • Still Photographer:
    Jane O'Neal,
  • Assistant Set Decoration:
    Portia Iverson, Richard K. Hummel,
  • Hairstylist:
    Peter Tothpal,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Les Percy,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Michael Helfand,
  • Music:
    Wang Chung, Nick Feldman,
  • Additional Editing:
    Jere Huggins,
  • Art Direction:
    Buddy Cone,
  • Production Design:
    Lilly Kilvert,
  • Electrician:
    Bob Field, Kevin Galbraith,
  • Choreographer:
    Lesli Linka Glatter,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Gary Alexander, Sergio Reyes, Robert Glass, Chris Jenkins,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Donah Bassett,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Richard M. Brasic, Olivia Varnado,
  • Production Secretary:
    Betsy Oliver Luhrsen,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    J. Paul Huntsman,
  • Color Timer:
    Richard Ritchie, Aubrey Head,
  • Second Unit Director of Photography:
    Robert D. Yeoman,
  • Costume Design:
    Linda M. Bass,
  • Casting:
    Robert Weiner,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Susie DeSanto,
  • Novel:
    Gerald Petievich,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Bud S. Smith,
  • Key Grip:
    Robert K. Feldmann,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Rodger Pardee, Jean-Louis Ducarme,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Jeff F. Renfro,
  • Special Effects:
    Phil Cory,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Buddy Joe Hooker, Pat E. Johnson,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Jeff Dawn,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Greg Gardiner,
  • Second Unit Cinematographer:
    Robert D. Yeoman,
  • Gaffer:
    Jack English,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Dins W. W. Danielsen,
  • Set Decoration:
    Cricket Rowland,
  • Grip:
    Tim Moore, Bill Guerre,
  • Screenplay:
    Gerald Petievich, William Friedkin,
  • Dolby Consultant:
    Jim Fitzpatrick,
  • Casting Associate:
    Gary M. Zuckerbrod,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    John J. Smith,
  • Supervising Editor:
    Bud S. Smith,

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