Robert Mitchum

Philip Marlowe

Charlotte Rampling

Mrs. Grayle

John Ireland

Nulty

Sylvia Miles

Mrs. Florian

Anthony Zerbe

Brunette

Harry Dean Stanton

Billy Rolfe

Jack O'Halloran

Moose Malloy

Joe Spinell

Nick

Sylvester Stallone

Jonnie

Kate Murtagh

Amthor

John O'Leary

Marriott

Walter McGinn

Tommy Ray

Burton Gilliam

Cowboy

Jim Thompson

Mr. Grayle

Jimmy Archer

Georgie

Ted Gehring

Roy

Logan Ramsey

Commissioner

Margie Hall

Woman

Jack Bernardi

Louis Levine

Bennett Ohta

Patron in Pool Hall

Jerry Fujikawa

Fence

Richard Kennedy

1st Detective

John O'Neil

2nd Detective

Mark Allen

3rd Detective

Andrew Harris

Mulatto Child

Napoleon Whiting

Hotel Clerk

John Eames

Butler

Cheryl Smith

Doris

Stu Gilliam

Man #1

Roosevelt Pratt

Man #2

Dino Washington

Bouncer

Harry Caesar

Bartender

Bill Gentry

Hood

Cory B. Shiozaki

Waiter

Noelle North

Girl

Wally K. Berns

Father

Lola Mason

Mother

Joan Shawlee

Woman in Ballroom

Eddra Gale

Singer

Karen Gaston

Prostitute

Don Ames

Counterman (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Maitre D' (uncredited)

Elliott Carpenter

Ghetto Bar Piano Player (uncredited)

Dick Crockett

Hood (uncredited)

Olivia Enke

Prostitute (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle

Man (uncredited)

Lars Hensen

Party Guest (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen

Party Guest (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Su Ling

Prostitute (uncredited)

Clark Ross

Ballroom Guest (uncredited)

George Simmons

Hood (uncredited)

Susan Stewart

Prostitute (uncredited)