Preview: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004 7.6 2h 49m IMDb

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Encke King

Narrator (voice)

Ben Alexander

Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jim Backus

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Brenda Bakke

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

Barbara O. Jones

Barbara O. Jones

Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Gene Barry

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

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

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

Hugh Beaumont

George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William Bendix

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Jim Bouton

Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Grand L. Bush

FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

James Cagney

Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

John Considine

Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

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