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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

7.60 - voted by 63
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

Cast

Encke King poster

Encke King

Narrator (voice)

Ben Alexander poster

Ben Alexander

Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jim Backus poster

Jim Backus

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Brenda Bakke poster

Brenda Bakke

Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Barbara O. Jones poster

Barbara O. Jones

Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Gene Barry poster

Gene Barry

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

Richard Basehart poster

Richard Basehart

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

Hugh Beaumont poster

Hugh Beaumont

George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William Bendix poster

William Bendix

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Ann Blyth poster

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Jim Bouton poster

Jim Bouton

Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Grand L. Bush poster

Grand L. Bush

FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

James Cagney poster

James Cagney

Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr. poster

Lon Chaney Jr.

Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

John Considine poster

John Considine

Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)