"Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring."
Paul Newman
as Lew Harper
Lauren Bacall
as Elaine Sampson
Julie Harris
as Betty Fraley
Arthur Hill
as Albert Graves
Janet Leigh
as Susan Harper
Pamela Tiffin
as Miranda Sampson
Robert Wagner
as Allan Taggert
Robert Webber
as Dwight Troy
Shelley Winters
as Fay Estabrook
Harold Gould
as Sheriff Spanner
Roy Jenson
as Puddler
Strother Martin
as Claude
Martin West
as Deputy
Jacqueline deWit
as Mrs. Kronberg
Eugene Iglesias
as Felix
Richard Carlyle
as Fred Platt
Al Bain
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Horace G. Brown
as Bartender (uncredited)
David Cadiente
as Immigrant (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Gene Coogan
Mary Gregory
as Waitress (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Chester Jones
as Waiter (uncredited)
Louise Lane
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
China Lee
as Dancer (uncredited)
James McHale
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Andres Oropeza
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Martin Priest
Jerry Rush
Cosmo Sardo
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Steele
as Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Maxie Thrower
Roseann Williams
as Bunny Dancer (uncredited)
Lewis Marvin
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Herbert Sullivan
Jack Smight
Director
William Goldman
Screenplay
Ross Macdonald
Novel
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Alfred Sweeney
Art Direction
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
Stefan Arnsten
Editor
Frank Regula
Boom Operator
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Jerry Gershwin
James H. Brown
Assistant Director
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Stanley Jones
Sound
Chuck Hansen
Unit Manager
Jean Burt Reilly
Hair Supervisor
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Tyrus Wong
Art Department Coordinator
Joe Pronto
Stunts
James Turley
Sam A. Mides
Ann Pat Kelly
Dick Crockett
Jerry Summers
Sol Gorss
Herb Pacheco
Morton C. Thompson
Stunt Double
Harvey Parry
Bill Shannon
Jim Sheppard
Bob Herron
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Bert Steinberg
Dialogue Coach
Richard Doran
First Assistant Camera
Kenneth B. Taylor
Grip
Jordan Cronenweth
Assistant Camera
Willis Holman
Orchestrator
Conductor
Camera Operator
Richard Moore
Ron Veto