cast
- Robert Mitchum
- Philip Marlowe
- Charlotte Rampling
- Helen Grayle
- John Ireland
- Nulty
- Sylvia Miles
- Mrs. Florian
- Jack O'Halloran
- Moose Malloy
- Anthony Zerbe
- Brunette
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Billy Rolfe
- Jim Thompson
- Mr. Grayle
- John O'Leary
- Marriott
- Kate Murtagh
- Amthor
- Walter McGinn
- Tommy Ray
- Jimmy Archer
- Georgie
- Joe Spinell
- Nick
- Sylvester Stallone
- Kelly/Jonnie
- Burton Gilliam
- Cowboy
- Lola Mason
- Mother
- Wally K. Berns
- Father
- Eddra Gale
- Singer
- Mark Allen
- Detective
- Cheryl Smith
- Doris
- Noelle North
- Girl
- Bennett Ohta
- Patron in Pool Hall
- Ted Gehring
- Roy
- Dino Washington
- Bouncer
- Jack Bernardi
- Louis Levine
- Richard Kennedy
- 1st Detective
- Napoleon Whiting
- Hotel Clerk
- Jerry Fujikawa
- Fence
- Logan Ramsey
- Commissioner
- Andrew Harris
- Mulatto Child
- Stu Gilliam
- 1st Man
- Harry Caesar
- Bartender
- Joan Shawlee
- Woman in Ballroom
crew
- Dick Richards
- Director
- Georges Pappas
- Producer
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Producer
- David Zelag Goodman
- Screenwriter
- Raymond Chandler
- Book Author
- John A. Alonzo
- Cinematographer
- David Shire
- Composer (Music Score)
- Joel Cox
- Editor
- Walter Thompson
- Editor
- Dean Tavoularis
- Production Designer
- Angelo P. Graham
- Art Director
- Elliott Kastner
- Executive Producer
- Jerry Bick
- Executive Producer
- Bob Nelson
- Set Designer
- Tony Scarano
- Costume Designer
- Tom Overton
- Sound/Sound Designer
- Charles Gaspar
- Special Effects
- David Sosna
- First Assistant Director
- Louis Di Giaimo
- Casting
- Frank Westmore
- Makeup
