Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski

Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox

Alice Krige as Tully Sorenson

Jack Nance as Detective

J.C. Quinn as Jim

Frank Stallone Jr. as Eddie

Sandy Martin as Janice

Roberta Bassin as Lilly

Gloria LeRoy as Grandma Moses

Joe Unger as Ben

Harry Cohn as Rick

Pruitt Taylor Vince as Joe

Joe Rice as Old Man in Bar

Julie 'Sunny' Pearson as Hooker in Bar

Donald L. Norden as Man in Alley

Wil Albert as Carl

Hal Shafer as Mike

Zeke Manners as Roger

Pearl Shear as Helen

Rik Colitti as Jack, The Window Washer

Michael Collins as "Elbow Inn" Bartender

Ronald G. Joseph as Liquor Store Clerk

Damon Hines as Black Kid

Lahmard J. Tate as Black Kid

Gary Carlos Cervantes as Cop

Peter Conti as Cop

Vance Colvig as Alcoholic Man

Stacey Pickren as Lady Manager

Leonard Termo as Harry

Gary Cox as Lenny

Fritz Feld as Bum

Albert Henderson as Louie

Sandy Rose as Louie's Woman

Madalyn Carol as Young Girl Hooker

George Marshall Ruge as Loverbird Man

Debbie Lynn Ross as Loverbird Woman

Charles Bukowski as Bar Patron (uncredited)