To Live and Die in L.A. (Special Edition)

Movie / Show Details

William Friedkin directed this 1985 crime thriller following a determined U.S. Secret Service agent who hunts a cunning counterfeiter through Los Angeles after his partner is murdered. The film stars William Petersen alongside Christopher Allport, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Debra Feuer, and John Pankow in a taut cat-and-mouse game set against the city’s criminal underworld. Gerald Petievich and Friedkin wrote the screenplay for this intense action drama.

This single-disc DVD special edition presents the film in widescreen format with a runtime of 116 minutes and carries an R rating. MGM/UA Distribution Company released this restoration, which features a pristine transfer that Friedkin himself praised as the finest print of his film ever created. Supplemental materials include an extensive director’s commentary and a 30-minute making-of documentary that thoroughly explores the film’s production, plus an alternate ending that was shot but ultimately removed from the theatrical cut. Own this gritty 1980s thriller on physical media at a used price.