Larry Payne pretends to shoot at cars on PCH

Title

Larry Payne pretends to shoot at cars on PCH

Description

In a still from the film "Malibu Song," Larry Payne reenacts the crime he was wrongly arrested for in 1980. Police believed he was a sniper shooting at cars from the hill above the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH. But someone else had fired a gun in The Snake Pit. The Chart House is in the background.

Date

circa 2002

Source

Digital only

Rights

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Creator

Natalie Lettner and Werner Hanak

Publisher

"Malibu Song" by Natalie Lettner and Werner Hanak (2006)
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Citation

Natalie Lettner and Werner Hanak, “Larry Payne pretends to shoot at cars on PCH,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/3505.