Encke King

Character: Narrator (voice)

Ben Alexander

Character: Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

Jim Backus

Character: Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Brenda Bakke

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

Barbara O. Jones

Character: Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

Gene Barry

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

Richard Basehart

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

Hugh Beaumont

Character: George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

William Bendix

Character: Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Ann Blyth

Character: Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Jim Bouton

Character: Terry Lennox in The Long Goodbye (archive footage)

Grand L. Bush

Character: FBI Agent Little Johnson in Die Hard (archive footage)

James Cagney

Character: Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Lon Chaney Jr.

Character: Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

John Considine

Character: Matthew Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Bill Cosby

Character: Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Robert Culp

Character: Frank Boggs in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage)

Howard Duff

Character: Dave Pomeroy in Panic in the City (archive footage)

Deanna Durbin

Character: Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

Mark Frechette

Character: Mark in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

John Garfield

Character: Nick Blake in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

Ben Gazzara

Character: Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

Bruce Glover

Character: Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)

Marjoe Gortner

Character: Joby in Earthquake (archive footage)

James Griffith

Character: Jesse Quinn in Dragnet (archive footage)

Daria Halprin

Character: Daria in Zabriskie Point (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Character: Ollie (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Character: Gwen Allen in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

Bob Hope

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

Lauren Hutton

Character: Georgia Crawford in Timestalkers (archive footage)

Henry Jaglom

Character: Dean in Venice/Venice (archive footage)

David Janssen

Character: Steve in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Peter Jason

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

Roy Jenson

Character: Mulvihill in Chinatown (archive footage)

Jack Klugman

Character: Sandman in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Alan Ladd

Character: Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

Stan Laurel

Character: Stan (archive footage)

Al Leong

Character: Uli in Die Hard (archive footage)

Jerry Lewis

Character: Jerome Littlefield in The Disorderly Orderly (archive footage)

Gary Lockwood

Character: George Matthews in Model Shop (archive footage)

Perry Lopez

Character: Escobar in Chinatown (archive footage)

Lyle Lovett

Character: Detective DeLongpre in The Player (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

Character: Walter Neff in Double Indemnity (archive footage)

Guy Madison

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

Joe Mantell

Character: Walsh in Chinatown (archive footage)

Matt McCoy

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

Ralph Meeker

Character: Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly (archive footage)

Sal Mineo

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

Harry Morgan

Character: Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet (archive footage)

Robert Morley

Character: Sir Ambrose Abercrombie in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Robert Morse

Character: Dennis Barlow in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Tom Neal

Character: Al Roberts in Detour (archive footage)

Lloyd Nolan

Character: Dr. Vance in Earthquake (archive footage)

Edmond O'Brien

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

Carroll O'Connor

Character: Lt. Christy French in Marlowe (archive footage)

Belinda Palmer

Character: Katherine in Chinatown (archive footage)

Jürgen Prochnow

Character: Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

Tony Roberts

Character: Rob in Annie Hall (archive footage)

Cliff Robertson

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

Mitchell Ryan

Character: The Priest in Two-Minute Warning (archive footage)

Ann Savage

Character: Vera in Detour (archive footage)

Zachary Scott

Character: Monte Beragon in Mildred Pierce (archive footage)

Paolo Seganti

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

James Stacy

Character: Joe Brodnek in Flareup (archive footage)

Madeleine Stowe

Character: Karen Carr in Unlawful Entry (archive footage)

David Strathairn

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

Gloria Swanson

Character: Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

William Talman

Character: Dave Purvis in Armoured Car Robbery (archive footage)

Larenz Tate

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

George Tobias

Character: Al Doyle in Nobody Lives Forever (archive footage)

Lana Turner

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

Diane Venora

Character: Justine in Heat (archive footage)

John Vernon

Character: Mal Reese in Point Blank (archive footage)

Craig Wasson

Character: Jake Scully in Body Double (archive footage)

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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

Jack Webb

Character: Sergeant Joe Friday in Dragnet (archive footage)

Raquel Welch

Character: Michele in Flareup (archive footage)

James Whitmore

Character: Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

Cornel Wilde

Character: Griff Marat in Shockproof (archive footage)

Mykelti Williamson

Character: Det. Oliver Franklin in First Power (archive footage)

Jonathan Winters

Character: Wilbur Glenworthy in The Loved Ones (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

Character: Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

Jenny Wright

Character: Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)

Burt Young

Character: Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)

Darrell Zwerling

Character: Hollis Mulwray in Chinatown (archive footage)

Kurt Russell

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