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Sammy Dorian

Name: In Guns We Trust
Director: Josh Janssen
Released: 2026-10-22

Hollywood tour guide, Iraq War veteran

Sammy Dorian, a Hollywood tour-bus guide, shows a photo from his time as a civilian contractor in Iraq. Still ›

In the film: 13 lines in 1 scene, 266 words. First speaks at 4:30.
Scenes: Sammy's tour
Elsewhere: In the credits · IMDb

4:297. SAMMY'S TOUR — HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES4:30SAMMY DORIAN
Welcome to Hollywood, everybody. My name is Sammy, and we're heading to Beverly Hills.
4:51SAMMY DORIAN
On Vine, you see stars going up and down. This is the Walk of Fame. Gary Oldman, Laurence Fishburne.
5:06SAMMY DORIAN
Now, this is a very famous hiking trail called Runyon Canyon. We saw a big number of famous people here.
5:13SAMMY DORIAN
Those guys are not famous. Don't look at them. It's a rental.
5:22SAMMY DORIAN
There's something new every day. That's the good thing about America.
5:32SAMMY DORIAN
My son owns an arsenal. You don't want to see that.
5:36SAMMY DORIAN
Really, yeah. He has M4s, he has an AK-47, as if he's going to war or something. There you go, another guy racing.
5:50SAMMY DORIAN
He feels safer, yes. Depending on the area where he lives, everyone is armed. Everyone has a gun, for example, right? They don't walk around with guns, but they have them.
6:01SAMMY DORIAN
This is when people thought that they can carry guns and to protect themselves and their properties, but it's actually to protect the country, right? You can be civilians employed by the government to do a job for them. I may go in detail.
6:21SAMMY DORIAN
I served with the US military in Iraq. I'm a civilian. They pulled me out of Hollywood and they put me in a war zone. '06, '07.
6:37SAMMY DORIAN
Exactly.
6:41SAMMY DORIAN
Very much. Yes, PTSD. It almost got me for a few months, but then I got out of it. A lot of my friends killed themselves. My captain shot himself in New York. Scarface filming location on the right.
7:10SAMMY DORIAN
Yes, I did. But I never used it. But a lot of people did.

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