Encke King

Narrator (voice)

Ben Alexander

Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jim Backus

Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Brenda Bakke

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

Barbara O. Jones

Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Gene Barry

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

Richard Basehart

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

Hugh Beaumont

George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William Bendix

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Jim Bouton

Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Grand L. Bush

FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

James Cagney

Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

John Considine

Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Bill Cosby

Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Robert Culp

Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Howard Duff

Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Deanna Durbin

Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

Mark Frechette

Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

John Garfield

Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

Ben Gazzara

Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

Bruce Glover

Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

Marjoe Gortner

Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

James Griffith

Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

Daria Halprin

Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Ollie (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Bob Hope

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

Lauren Hutton

Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Henry Jaglom

Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

David Janssen

Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Peter Jason

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

Roy Jenson

Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

Jack Klugman

Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Alan Ladd

Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

Stan Laurel

Stan (archive footage)

Al Leong

Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis

Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

Gary Lockwood

George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

Perry Lopez

Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

Lyle Lovett

Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Guy Madison

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

Joe Mantell

Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

Matt McCoy

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

Ralph Meeker

Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

Sal Mineo

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

Harry Morgan

Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Robert Morley

Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Robert Morse

Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Tom Neal

Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)

Lloyd Nolan

Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

Edmond O'Brien

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

Carroll O'Connor

Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

Belinda Palmer

Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)

Jürgen Prochnow

Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

Tony Roberts

Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)

Cliff Robertson

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

Mitchell Ryan

The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Ann Savage

Vera in Detour (archive footage)

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Paolo Seganti

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

James Stacy

Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)

Madeleine Stowe

Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)

David Strathairn

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

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

William Talman

Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)

Larenz Tate

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

George Tobias

Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

Lana Turner

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

Diane Venora

Justine in Heat (archive footage)

John Vernon

Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

Craig Wasson

Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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

Jack Webb

Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)

Raquel Welch

Michele in Flareup (archive footage)

James Whitmore

Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

Cornel Wilde

Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)

Mykelti Williamson

Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

Jonathan Winters

Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Jenny Wright

Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)

Burt Young

Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)

Darrell Zwerling

Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)

Kurt Russell

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