To Live and Die in LA is a 1985 American crime-thriller film, based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Petievich and directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection). The film stars William Petersen as Secret Service agent Richard Chance, a Cowboy Cop type determined to take down Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe), the counterfeiter who shot Chance's partner. It also features an exceptionally '80s soundtrack by Wang Chung.