"Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life."
Nick Nolte
as Doc
Debra Winger
as Suzy DeSoto
Audra Lindley
as Fauna Flood
Frank McRae
as Hazel
M. Emmet Walsh
as Mack
Tom Mahoney
as Hughie
John Malloy
as Jones
James Keane
as Eddie
Sunshine Parker
as The Seer
Santos Morales
as Joseph and Mary
John Huston
as Narrator
Ellen Blake
as Wisteria
Sharon Ernster
as Agnes
Kathleen Doyle
as Violet
Mary Margaret Amato
as Lola
Brenda Hillhouse
as Martha
Mariko Tse
as Blossom
Colleen O'Grady
as The Pitcher
Tona Dodd
as Golden Poppy Waitress
Judy Kerr
as Beer Milkshake Waitress
Tom Pletts
as Doctor
William Bronder
as Suzy's Trick
Rosanna DeSoto
as Ellen Sedgewick
Walter Mathews
as Sonny
Art LaFleur
as Doorman
Joshua Lawrence
as Boy
Joe Michael Terry
as Tucker
Carl Ciarfalio
as Tackle
Reid Rondell
as Frat Boy #1
John C. Meier
as Frat Boy #2
Tim Culbertson
as Frat Boy #3
Scott Wilder
as Frat Boy #4
Gilbert B. Combs
as Frat Boy #5
Christopher Doyle
as Frat Boy #6
Gary McLarty
as Frat Boy #7
Bobby Sargent
as Frat Boy #8
David LeBell
as Diner Patron (uncredited)
Anne Lockhart
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Tom Willett
as Bartender (uncredited)
David S. Ward
Director
John Steinbeck
Novel
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Kurt Neumann
Associate Producer
Unit Production Manager
Jerry Sobul
First Assistant Director
Ross Brown
Second Assistant Director
Dale Johnston
Sound Effects
Curt Sobel
Music Editor
Richard G. Haines
Assistant Editor
Harry V. Lojewski
Music Supervisor
Norman B. Schwartz
Dialogue Editor
Jerry Jost
Sound
Michael J. Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jay M. Harding
Frank M. Reale
Bill Cross
Stunts
Ted Duncan
Stunt Driver
Gary B. Kibbe
Camera Operator
Jud Kehl
First Assistant Camera
Peter Santoro
Second Assistant Camera
James Plannette
Gaffer
Gene Kearney
Key Grip
Wendy Atterbury
Script Supervisor
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Joseph Hurley
Production Illustrator
Henry Alberti
Set Designer
John Warnke
Margie Stone McShirley
Gregory Pickrell
Peter Albiez
Special Effects
Bruce Mattox
Cynthia Bales
Costumer
James W. Tyson
Don Kruger
Location Manager
Sal Sommatino
Property Master
Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Joseph Capshaw
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunt Coordinator
Writer
David Bretherton
Editor
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
Michael Phillips
Producer
Jack Nitzsche
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Shull
Casting
William F. O'Brien
Art Direction
Mary Swanson
Set Decoration
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
Edouard F. Henriques III
Makeup Artist
Lola 'Skip' McNalley
Hairstylist
Bron Roylance