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Directed By
Thom Andersen
Written By
Thom Andersen
text
Cast
Encke King
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
John Garfield
Frank Chambers / Nick Blake
Ben Gazzara
Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski
Bruce Glover
Duffy in Chinatown
Marjoe Gortner
Jody in Earthquake
James Griffith
Jesse Quinn in Dragnet
Daria Halprin
Daria in Zabriskie Point
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
Jean Harlow
Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy
Bob Hope
Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise
Lauren Hutton
Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers
Henry Jaglom
Dean in Venice / Venice
David Janssen
Steve in Two-Minute Warning
Peter Jason
Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A.
Roy Jenson
Mulvihill in Chinatown
Jack Klugman
Sandman in Two-Minute Warning
Alan Ladd
Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire
Stan Laurel
Stan
Al Leong
Uli in Die Hard
Jerry Lewis
Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly
Gary Lockwood
George Matthews in Model Shop
Perry Lopez
Escobar in Chinatown
Lyle Lovett
Detective DeLongpre in The Player
Fred MacMurray
Walter Neff
Guy Madison
Cliff Harper
Joe Mantell
Walsh in Chinatown
Matt McCoy
Badge of Honor Star Brett Chase
Ralph Meeker
Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly
Sal Mineo
John 'Plato' Crawford
Harry Morgan
Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet
Robert Morley
Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved One
Robert Morse
Dennis Barlow
Tom Neal
Al Roberts in Detour
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. Vance in Earthquake
Edmond O'Brien
Frank Bigelow
Carroll O'Connor
Lt. Christy French in Marlowe
Belinda Palmer
Katherine in Chinatown
Jürgen Prochnow
Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers
Tony Roberts
Rob in Annie Hall
Cliff Robertson
President in Escape From L.A.
Mitchell Ryan
The Priest in Two-Minute Warning
Ann Savage
Vera in Detour
Zachary Scott
Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce
Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential
James Stacy
Joe Brodnek in Flareup
Madeleine Stowe
Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry / Sherri Shepard in Short Cuts
David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential
Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond
William Talman
Dave Purvis in Armored Car Robbery
Larenz Tate
Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love
George Tobias
Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Lucien Bellon in The Outside Man
Lana Turner
Cora Smith
Diane Venora
Justine in Heat
John Vernon
Mal Reese in Point Blank
Craig Wasson
Jake Scully in Body Double
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man
Jack Webb
Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet
Raquel Welch
Michele in Flareup
James Whitmore
Lou Hopke
Cornel Wilde
Griff Marat in Shockproof
Mykelti Williamson
Detective Oliver Franklin in First Power
Jonathan Winters
Wilbur Glenworthy / Harry Glenworthy in The Loved One
Natalie Wood
Judy
Jenny Wright
Diz / Darlene in Out Of Bounds
Burt Young
Curly in Chinatown
Darrell Zwerling
Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown
Produced By
Thom Andersen
producer
Cinematography
Deborah Stratman
Sound
Thor Moser
sound
Craig Smith
sound
Editing
Seung-Hyun Yoo
Stunts
Terry Jackson
stunts
Editorial
Peter Bo Rappmund
additional editing
Other
Morgan Fisher
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