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Status
Released
Release
2004
Runtime
2h 49m
Available options inUS
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.
86 Cast Members
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
Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
Gene Barry
Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
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)
Bill Cosby
Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Robert Culp
Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Howard Duff
Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin
Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
Mark Frechette
Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
