"After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit."
Dick Powell
as Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
as Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
as Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
as Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
as Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
as Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
as Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
as Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
as Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
as Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
George Anderson
as Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
as Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
as Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Sam Finn
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Fred Graham
as Man (uncredited)
Bill Hamilton
Paul Hilton
as Boy Getting Laundry (uncredited)
John Indrisano
as Amthor's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Daun Kennedy
as Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Paul Phillips
as Detective Nulty (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as New Boss at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Grayle's Butler (uncredited)
Adrian Scott
Producer
John Paxton
Screenplay
Edward Dmytryk
Director
Harry J. Wild
Director of Photography
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Joseph Noriega
Editor
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
James G. Stewart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Michael Ohrenbach
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Sid Rogell
Executive Producer
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
Albert S. D'Agostino
Landon Arnett
Assistant Camera
Edward Stevenson
Costume Designer
Leslie Urbach
Dialogue
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
William Dorfman
Assistant Director