Encke King
Role: Narrator (voice)
Ben Alexander
Role: Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
Jim Backus
Role: Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Brenda Bakke
Role: Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Barbara O. Jones
Role: Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
Gene Barry
Role: Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
Richard Basehart
Role: Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
Hugh Beaumont
Role: George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
William Bendix
Role: Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Ann Blyth
Role: Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
Jim Bouton
Role: Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)
Grand L. Bush
Role: FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)
James Cagney
Role: Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Role: Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
John Considine
Role: Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Role: Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Robert Culp
Role: Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)
Howard Duff
Role: Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin
Role: Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)
Mark Frechette
Role: Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
John Garfield
Role: Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Ben Gazzara
Role: Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Bruce Glover
Role: Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
Marjoe Gortner
Role: Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)
James Griffith
Role: Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)
Daria Halprin
Role: Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
Role: Ollie (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Role: Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Role: Adam J. Niles in Bachelor in Paradise (archive footage)
Lauren Hutton
Role: Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)
Henry Jaglom
Role: Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)
David Janssen
Role: Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Peter Jason
Role: Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Roy Jenson
Role: Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)
Jack Klugman
Role: Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Alan Ladd
Role: Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
Stan Laurel
Role: Stan (archive footage)
Al Leong
Role: Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis
Role: Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)
Gary Lockwood
Role: George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)
Perry Lopez
Role: Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)
Lyle Lovett
Role: Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
Role: Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)
Guy Madison
Role: Cliff Harper in Till the End of Time (archive footage)
Joe Mantell
Role: Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)
Matt McCoy
Role: Brett Chase in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Ralph Meeker
Role: Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)
Sal Mineo
Role: John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Harry Morgan
Role: Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)
Robert Morley
Role: Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Robert Morse
Role: Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Tom Neal
Role: Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)
Lloyd Nolan
Role: Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)
Edmond O'Brien
Role: Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
Carroll O'Connor
Role: Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)
Belinda Palmer
Role: Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)
Jürgen Prochnow
Role: Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
Tony Roberts
Role: Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)
Cliff Robertson
Role: President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Mitchell Ryan
Role: The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)
Ann Savage
Role: Vera in Detour (archive footage)
Zachary Scott
Role: Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)
Paolo Seganti
Role: Johnny Stompanato in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
James Stacy
Role: Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)
Madeleine Stowe
Role: Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)
David Strathairn
Role: Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
Role: Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
William Talman
Role: Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)
Larenz Tate
Role: Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (archive footage)
George Tobias
Role: Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)
Lana Turner
Role: Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (archive footage)
Diane Venora
Role: Justine in Heat (archive footage)
John Vernon
Role: Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)
Craig Wasson
Role: Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Role: Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
Jack Webb
Role: Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)
Raquel Welch
Role: Michele in Flareup (archive footage)
James Whitmore
Role: Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
Cornel Wilde
Role: Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)
Mykelti Williamson
Role: Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)
Jonathan Winters
Role: Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Role: Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Jenny Wright
Role: Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)
Burt Young
Role: Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
Darrell Zwerling
Role: Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)
Kurt Russell
Role: Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)