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Los Angeles Plays Itself
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Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself

Release Date: 28 Jul 2004

Runtime: 2h 49m

Genre: Documentary

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Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.7 (52 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator (voice): Encke King
  • Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage): Ben Alexander
  • Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage): Jim Backus
  • Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage): Brenda Bakke
  • Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage): Barbara O. Jones
  • Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage): Gene Barry
  • Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage): Richard Basehart
  • George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage): Hugh Beaumont
  • Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage): William Bendix
  • Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage): Ann Blyth
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