William Petersen is after an unhinged counterfeiter (a young Willem Dafoe). Though the car chase in Friedkin’s The French Connection is rightly praised, this film’s seven-minute-long, white-knuckle pursuit featuring the famed 6th Street Viaduct is arguably superior.
Canceled
To Live and Die in L.A.
Dir. William Friedkin USA 116 min R
1985