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Los Angeles Plays Itself
The film Los Angeles Plays Itself is a 169 minute history / documentary from 2003, directed by Thom Andersen. The main cast consists of Brenda Bakke, Jim Backus, Ben Alexander and Encke King.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
- Directed by: Thom Andersen
- Main cast: Brenda Bakke, Jim Backus, Ben Alexander, Encke King
- Written by: Thom Andersen
- Cinematography: Deborah Stratman
Details
- Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself
- Year: 2003
- Genres: History, documentary
- Duration: 2h 49m
Release Dates
Los Angeles Plays Itself premiered in cinemas on January 3, 2014premiered in cinemas on March 29, 2014premiered in cinemas on October 11, 2015.
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Cast & Crew
We know about 79 people who worked on "Los Angeles Plays Itself";
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- Alan Ladd ... Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
- Ann Blyth ... Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
- Ann Savage ... Vera in Detour (archive footage)
- Barbara O. Jones ... Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
- Belinda Palmer ... Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)
- Ben Alexander ... Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
- Ben Gazzara ... Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
- Bill Cosby ... Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
- Bob Hope ... Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
- Brenda Bakke ... Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- Bruce Glover ... Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
- Burt Young ... Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
- Carroll O'Connor ... Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
- Cliff Robertson ... President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- Cornel Wilde ... Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)
- Craig Wasson ... Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)
- Daria Halprin ... Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
- Darrell Zwerling ... Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)
- David Janssen ... Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
- David Strathairn ... Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- Deanna Durbin ... Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
- Diane Venora ... Justine in Heat (archive footage)
- Edmond O'Brien ... Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
- Encke King ... Narrator
- Fred MacMurray ... Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
- Gary Lockwood ... George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)
- Gene Barry ... Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
- George Tobias ... Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
- Gloria Swanson ... Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
- Grand L. Bush ... FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)
- Guy Madison ... Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)
- Harry Morgan ... Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
- Henry Jaglom ... Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)
- Howard Duff ... Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
- Hugh Beaumont ... George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
- Jack Klugman ... Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
- Jack Webb ... Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
- James Cagney ... Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
- James Stacy ... Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)
- Jean Harlow ... Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
- Jerry Lewis ... Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
- Jim Backus ... Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
- Jim Bouton ... Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)
- John Garfield ... Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
- John Vernon ... Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
- Jonathan Winters ... Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
- Jürgen Prochnow ... Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
- Keenen Ivory Wayans ... Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
- Kurt Russell ... Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- Lana Turner ... Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
- Larenz Tate ... Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)
- Lauren Hutton ... Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
- Lloyd Nolan ... Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
- Lon Chaney Jr. ... Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
- Lyle Lovett ... Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)
- Madeleine Stowe ... Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)
- Marjoe Gortner ... Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)
- Mark Frechette ... Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
- Matt McCoy ... Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- Mykelti Williamson ... Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
- Natalie Wood ... Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
- Oliver Hardy ... Ollie (archive footage)
- Paolo Seganti ... Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- Perry Lopez ... Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)
- Peter Jason ... Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- Ralph Meeker ... Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
- Raquel Welch ... Michele in Flareup (archive footage)
- Richard Basehart ... Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
- Robert Culp ... Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
- Robert Morley ... Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
- Robert Morse ... Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
- Roy Jenson ... Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)
- Sal Mineo ... John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
- Stan Laurel ... Stan (archive footage)
- William Bendix ... Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
- William Talman ... Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)
- Zachary Scott ... Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
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