Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe)
Lauren Bacall (Vivian Sternwood Rutledge)
John Ridgely (Eddie Mars)
Martha Vickers (Carmen Sternwood)
Charles D. Brown (Norris, The Butler)
Emmett Vogan (Deputy Sheriff)
Paul Weber (Mars' Thug)
Deannie Best (Waitress)
Jack Perry (Mars' Thug)
Thomas E. Jackson (District Attorney Wilde)
Joy Barlowe (Taxi Driver)
Shelby Payne (Cigarette Girl)
Trevor Bardette (Art Huck)
Tanis Chandler (Waitress)
Forbes Murray (Furtive Man)
Lorraine Miller (Hat Check Girl)
Jack Chefe (Croupier)
Joseph Crehan (Medical Examiner)
Louis Jean Heydt (Joe Brody)
Sonia Darrin (Agnes Lowzier)
Regis Toomey (Bernie Olds)
Peggy Knudsen (Mona Mars)
Tom Raffery (Carol Lundgren)
Bob Steele (Canino)
Theodore Von Eltz (Arthur Gwynne Geiger)
Dorothy Malone (Book Seller)
Ben Welden (Pete)
Elisha Cook, Jr. (Harry Jones)
Charles Waldron (General Sternwood)
Tom Fadden (Sidney)
James Flavin (Captain Cronjager [1945 version only])