Narrator (voice)

Encke King

Acting

Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Ben Alexander

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Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Jim Backus

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Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Brenda Bakke

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Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Barbara O. Jones

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

Gene Barry

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

Richard Basehart

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George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Hugh Beaumont

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Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William Bendix

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Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Ann Blyth

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Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Jim Bouton

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FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

Grand L. Bush

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Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

James Cagney

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Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

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Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

John Considine

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Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Bill Cosby

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Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Robert Culp

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Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Howard Duff

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Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

Deanna Durbin

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Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

Mark Frechette

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Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

John Garfield

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Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

Ben Gazzara

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Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

Bruce Glover

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Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

Marjoe Gortner

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Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

James Griffith

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Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

Daria Halprin

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Ollie (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

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Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

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Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)

Bob Hope

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Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Lauren Hutton

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Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

Henry Jaglom

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Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

David Janssen

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Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Peter Jason

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Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

Roy Jenson

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Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Jack Klugman

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Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

Alan Ladd

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Stan (archive footage)

Stan Laurel

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Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

Al Leong

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Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis

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George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

Gary Lockwood

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Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

Perry Lopez

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Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

Lyle Lovett

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Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

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Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)

Guy Madison

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Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

Joe Mantell

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Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Matt McCoy

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Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

Ralph Meeker

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

Sal Mineo

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Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Harry Morgan

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Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Robert Morley

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Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Robert Morse

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Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)

Tom Neal

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Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

Lloyd Nolan

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Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

Edmond O'Brien

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Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

Carroll O'Connor

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Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)

Belinda Palmer

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Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

Jürgen Prochnow

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Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)

Tony Roberts

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President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Cliff Robertson

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The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Mitchell Ryan

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Vera in Detour (archive footage)

Ann Savage

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Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Zachary Scott

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Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Paolo Seganti

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Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)

James Stacy

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Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)

Madeleine Stowe

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Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

David Strathairn

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Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson

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Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)

William Talman

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Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)

Larenz Tate

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Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

George Tobias

Acting

Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)

Lana Turner

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Justine in Heat (archive footage)

Diane Venora

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Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

John Vernon

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Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)

Craig Wasson

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Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jack Webb

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Michele in Flareup (archive footage)

Raquel Welch

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Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

James Whitmore

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Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)

Cornel Wilde

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Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

Mykelti Williamson

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Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Jonathan Winters

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Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

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Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)

Jenny Wright

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Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)

Burt Young

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Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)

Darrell Zwerling

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Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Kurt Russell

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