Peter Ustinov as Charlie Chan

Lee Grant as Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz

Angie Dickinson as Dragon Queen

Michelle Pfeiffer as Cordelia Farenington III

Brian Keith as Police Chief Baxter

Roddy McDowall as Gillespie

Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Dangers

Paul Ryan as Masten

Michael Fairman as Bernard Lupowitz

Richard Hatch as Lee Chan, Jr.

Johnny Sekka as Stefan

Gerald Okamura as Club Shanghai Bouncer

James Winburn as Cop at Beach

Momo Yashima as Dr. Yu Sing

Karlene Crockett as Brenda Lupowitz

Bennett Ohta as Hawaiian Chief of Police

David Hirokane as Lee Chan Sr.

James Ray as Haynes

Kael Blackwood as Medical Assistant

Jerry Loo as Medical Assistant

Laurence Cohen as Reporter at Clinic

Robin Hoff as Reporter at Clinic

Kathie Kei as Reporter at Clinic

James Bacon as Reporter at Clinic

Frank Michael Liu as Homicide Detective

John Hugh as Shopkeeper

George Chiang as Shopkeeper

David Chow as Shopkeeper

Alison Hong as Maysie Ling

Dewey Yee as TV Interviewer

Joe Bellan as Reporter at Pier

Garrick Huey as Reporter at Pier

Duane Tucker as Cocktail Waiter

Don Parker as Hotel Manager

John J. Fox as Pimp

Kenneth Snell as Pimp

Nicholas Gunn as Pimp

Don Murray as Pimp

Kai J. Wong as Murdered Messenger

Miya as Club Shanghai Hostess

Lonny Carbajal as Spaced Out Dancer

Peter Michas as Chauffeur to Dragon Queen

Vic Hunsberger as Traffic Cop

Larry Duran as Man Getting Traffic Ticket

Kay Kimler as Riding Instructor

Luther Fear as Reporter with pad looking at hanged man (uncredited)