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Thom Andersen's landmark documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown – as seen entirely though the films themselves.
Original Release
09/07/2003
US Release
07/28/2004
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Encke King | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Ben Alexander | Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet |
| Jim Backus | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Brenda Bakke | Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential |
| Barbarao | Dorothy in Bush Mama |
| Gene Barry | Dr. Clayton Forrester |
| Richard Basehart | Roy Morgan / Roy Martin in He Walked By Night |
| Hugh Beaumont | George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia |
| William Bendix | Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia |
| Ann Blyth | Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce |
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Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Encke King | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Ben Alexander | Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet |
| Jim Backus | Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Brenda Bakke | Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential |
| Barbarao | Dorothy in Bush Mama |
| Gene Barry | Dr. Clayton Forrester |
| Richard Basehart | Roy Morgan / Roy Martin in He Walked By Night |
| Hugh Beaumont | George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia |
| William Bendix | Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia |
| Ann Blyth | Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce |
| Jim Bouton | Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye |
| Grand L. Bush | FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard |
| James Cagney | Tom Powers in The Public Enemy |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Charles 'Butcher' Benton in The Indestructible Man |
| John Considine | Doctor Crawford / Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers |
| Bill Cosby | Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs |
| Robert Culp | Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs |
| Howard Duff | Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City |
| Deanna Durbin | Penny in Three Smart Girls |
| Mark Frechette | Mark in Zabriskie Point |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Thom Andersen | Producer |
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