In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s

Overview

Filmmakers (and canyon residents) Alexander and Anne Christine Von Wetter filmed this documentary for German Television in the early 1970s as a revealing close-up of an extraordinary period in America. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone VHS copy had been made, which spent the next 30 years on the studio shelf. The VHS was found heavily damaged, but a restoration team managed to salvage a fair grade of quality, which has since been remastered.

Directed by Alexander von Wetter

Top cast

Russ Tamblyn

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Dean Stockwell

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Will Geer

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Herta Ware

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Billy Preston

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Fred Tackett

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