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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Released: July 28, 2004 (2004)

Runtime: 169 minutes

Genres: Documentary

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • William Bendix as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

    Age at release: 98

  • Hugh Beaumont as George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

    Age at release: 95

  • Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

    Age at release: 93

  • Jim Backus as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

    Age at release: 91

  • Richard Basehart as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

    Age at release: 89

  • Gene Barry as Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

    Age at release: 85

  • Barbara O. Jones as Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

    Age at release: 78

  • Ann Blyth as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

    Age at release: 75

  • Brenda Bakke as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

    Age at release: 41

  • Encke King as Narrator (voice)

    Age at release: Unknown

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  • Oliver Hardy as Ollie (archive footage)

    Age at release: 112

  • James Cagney as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

    Age at release: 105

  • Bob Hope as Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

    Age at release: 101

  • Lon Chaney Jr. as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

    Age at release: 98

  • Jean Harlow as Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

    Age at release: 93

  • John Garfield as Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

    Age at release: 91

  • Howard Duff as Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

    Age at release: 90

  • James Griffith as Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

    Age at release: 88

  • Deanna Durbin as Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

    Age at release: 82

  • Robert Culp as Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

    Age at release: 73

  • Ben Gazzara as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

    Age at release: 73

  • Bruce Glover as Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

    Age at release: 72

  • John Considine as Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

    Age at release: 69

  • Bill Cosby as Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

    Age at release: 67

  • Jim Bouton as Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

    Age at release: 65

  • Marjoe Gortner as Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

    Age at release: 60

  • Lauren Hutton as Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

    Age at release: 60

  • Mark Frechette as Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

    Age at release: 56

  • Daria Halprin as Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

    Age at release: 55

  • Grand L. Bush as FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

    Age at release: 48