Los Angeles Plays Itself - Cast

Ben Alexander

Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
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Jim Backus

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
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Brenda Bakke

Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
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Barbara O. Jones

Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
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Gene Barry

Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
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Richard Basehart

Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
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Hugh Beaumont

George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
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William Bendix

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
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Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
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Jim Bouton

Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)
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Grand L. Bush

FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)
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James Cagney

Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
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Lon Chaney Jr.

Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
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John Considine

Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
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Bill Cosby

Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
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Robert Culp

Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
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Howard Duff

Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
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Deanna Durbin

Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
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Mark Frechette

Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
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John Garfield

Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
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Ben Gazzara

Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
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Bruce Glover

Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Marjoe Gortner

Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)
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James Griffith

Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
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Daria Halprin

Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
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Oliver Hardy

Ollie (archive footage)
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Jean Harlow

Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
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Bob Hope

Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
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Lauren Hutton

Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
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Henry Jaglom

Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)
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David Janssen

Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
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Peter Jason

Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
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Roy Jenson

Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Jack Klugman

Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
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Alan Ladd

Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
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Stan Laurel

Stan (archive footage)
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Al Leong

Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)
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Jerry Lewis

Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
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Gary Lockwood

George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)
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Perry Lopez

Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Lyle Lovett

Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)
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Fred MacMurray

Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
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Guy Madison

Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)
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Joe Mantell

Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Matt McCoy

Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
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Ralph Meeker

Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
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Sal Mineo

John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
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Harry Morgan

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
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Robert Morley

Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
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Robert Morse

Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
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Tom Neal

Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)
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Lloyd Nolan

Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
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Edmond O'Brien

Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
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Carroll O'Connor

Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
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Jürgen Prochnow

Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
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Tony Roberts

Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)
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Cliff Robertson

President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
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Mitchell Ryan

The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
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Ann Savage

Vera in Detour (archive footage)
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Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
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Paolo Seganti

Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
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James Stacy

Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)
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Madeleine Stowe

Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)
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David Strathairn

Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
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Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
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William Talman

Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)
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Larenz Tate

Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)
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George Tobias

Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
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Lana Turner

Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
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Diane Venora

Justine in Heat (archive footage)
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John Vernon

Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
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Craig Wasson

Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)
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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
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Jack Webb

Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
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Raquel Welch

Michele in Flareup (archive footage)
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James Whitmore

Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
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Cornel Wilde

Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)
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Mykelti Williamson

Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
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Jonathan Winters

Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
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Natalie Wood

Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
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Jenny Wright

Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)
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Burt Young

Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Darrell Zwerling

Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)
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Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
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