Production Credits Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Full Cast & Crew
An in-depth look at the talented ensemble and technical visionaries who brought Los Angeles Plays Itself to life.
The Cast
50 Members
Encke KingNarrator (voice)

Ben AlexanderOfficer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jim BackusFrank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Brenda BakkeLana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Barbara O. JonesDorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Gene BarryDr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

Richard BasehartRoy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

Hugh BeaumontGeorge Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William BendixBuzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Ann BlythVeda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Jim BoutonTerry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Grand L. BushFBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

James CagneyTom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

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

John ConsidineMatthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Bill CosbyAl Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Robert CulpFrank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Howard DuffDave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Deanna DurbinPenny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

Mark FrechetteMark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

John GarfieldNick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

Ben GazzaraJackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

Bruce GloverDuffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

Marjoe GortnerJoby in Earthquake (archive footage)

James GriffithJesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

Daria HalprinDaria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

Oliver HardyOllie (archive footage)

Jean HarlowGwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Bob HopeAdam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

Lauren HuttonGeorgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Henry JaglomDean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

David JanssenSteve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Peter JasonDuty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Roy JensonMulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

Jack KlugmanSandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Alan LaddPhilip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

Stan LaurelStan (archive footage)

Al LeongUli in Die Hard (archive footage)

Jerry LewisJerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

Gary LockwoodGeorge Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

Perry LopezEscobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

Lyle LovettDetective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

Fred MacMurrayWalter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Guy MadisonCliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)

Joe MantellWalsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

Matt McCoyBrett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Ralph MeekerMike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

Sal MineoJohn 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Harry MorganOfficer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Robert MorleySir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Technical Crew
Top Credits

Thom AndersenDirector

Thom AndersenWriter

Thom AndersenProducer

Deborah StratmanDirector of Photography
Peter Bo RappmundEditor