"Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love."
Humphrey Bogart
as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
as Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
as Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
as Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
as General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Harry Jones
Bob Steele
as Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone
as Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
as Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown
as Norris the Butler
Trevor Bardette
as Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
as Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
as Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Jack Chefe
as Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Carole Douglas
as Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
as Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman with Bumped Man
Kenneth Gibson
Joe Gilbert
Stuart Hall
Shep Houghton
Kenner G. Kemp
Pete Kooy
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Furtive Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter (uncredited)
Shelby Payne
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy Rafferty
as Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Edward Rickard
Jeffrey Sayre
Emmett Vogan
as Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
as Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Wally Walker
as Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Dan Wallace
as Owen Taylor (uncredited)
Paul Weber
Ben Welden
as Pete (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Howard Hawks
Director
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Robert B. Lee
Sound Designer
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Leigh Brackett
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Christian Nyby
Editor
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
William Faulkner
Producer
Leah Rhodes
Wardrobe Designer
Sound
Roy Davidson
Special Effects
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Warren Lynch
Paul Detlefsen
Matte Painter