Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely as Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood

Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Jones

Charles Waldron as General Sternwood

Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody

Dorothy Malone as Acme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars

Charles D. Brown as Norris the Butler

Bob Steele as Lash Canino

Sonia Darrin as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

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 as Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Chefe as Croupier (uncredited)

James Conaty as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Jack Deery as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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 as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Stuart Hall as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Shep Houghton as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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 as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Edward Rickard as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Croupier (uncredited)

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 as Mars' Thug (uncredited)

Ben Welden as Pete (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)