 | Frederic Forrest als Hammett |
 | Peter Boyle als Jimmy Ryan |
 | Marilu Henner als Kit Conger / Sue Alabama |
 | Roy Kinnear als English Eddie Hagedorn |
 | Lydia Lei als Crystal Ling |
 | Elisha Cook Jr. als Eli the Taxi Driver |
 | David Patrick Kelly als The Punk |
 | R. G. Armstrong als Lt. O'Mara |
 | Richard Bradford als Detective Bradford |
 | Jack Nance als Gary Salt |
 | Michael Chow als Fong Wei Tau |
 | Sylvia Sidney als Donaldina Cameron |
 | Elmer Kline als Doc Fallon |
 | Royal Dano als Pops |
 | Samuel Fuller als Old Man in Pool Hall |
 | Lloyd Kino als Barber |
| Fox Harris als Frank the News Vendor |
| Rose Wong als Chinese Laundress |
| Liz Roberson als Lady in the Library |
| Jean-François Ferreol als French Sailor |
| Alison Hong als Young Chinese Girl |
| Patricia Kong als Chinese Girl in Fong's |
 | Lisa Lu als Miss Cameron's Assistant |
| Andrew Winner als Bank Guard |
| Kenji Shibuya als Chinese Bouncer |
| James Quinn als Fong's Guard |
| Mark Anger als Bartender in Cookies' Bar |
| James Devney als Police Projectionist |
 | Hank Worden als Pool Room Attendant |
| Christopher Day als Neighborhood Kid #1 |
| Ciceley Rush als Neighborhood Kid #2 |
 | Chris Alcaide als Man in Boardroom #1 |
| Ben Breslauer als Man in Boardroom #2 |
| James Brodhead als Man in Boardroom #3 |
| John Hamilton als Man in Boardroom #4 |
| John T. Spiotta als Man in Boardroom #5 |
 | Ross Thomas als Man in Boardroom #6 |
| Wim Wenders | Director |
| Steven Potter | Set Decoration |
| John Duffy | Sound Editor |
| Don Guest | Producer |
| Dean Tavoularis | Production Design |
| Mary Keats | Hairstylist |
| Bob Johnston | Sound Editor |
| Andrew London | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Ross Thomas | Screenplay |
| Ronald Colby | Producer |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Marc Laub | Editor |
| Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Sound Mixer |
| Randy Kelley | Sound Editor |
| Wylie Stateman | Sound Editor |
| Dennis O'Flaherty | Screenplay |
| Janice Hampton | Editor |
| Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Fred Roos | Producer |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James E. Webb | Sound Editor |
| Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Randy Roberts | Editor |
| Jeff Angell | Makeup Artist |
| Leon Ericksen | Art Direction |
| George R. Nelson | Set Decoration |
| Thomas Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Angelo P. Graham | Art Direction |
| John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| James J. Murakami | Set Designer |
| Jack Harris | Still Photographer |
| Pete G. Papanickolas | Key Grip |
| Joe Lombardi | Special Effects |
| Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
| Barry Malkin | Supervising Editor |
| Barbara Johnson | Casting |
| Carl Manoogian | Key Grip |
| Robert Woodside | Gaffer |
| Thomas Pope | Adaptation |
| David Valdes | Second Assistant Director |
| Bill Johnson | Camera Operator |
| Ronald Colby | Unit Production Manager |
| Terry Leonard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Robert C. Goldstein | Set Designer |
| Robert Q. Lovett | Music Editor |
| Frederic J. Smith | Camera Operator |
| Mona Skager | Associate Producer |
| Arne Schmidt | First Assistant Director |
| Daniel Attias | Second Assistant Director |
| Alex Tavoularis | Graphic Designer |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Tom Shaw Jr. | Property Master |
| Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio | Production Coordinator |
| James E. Webb | Sound Mixer |
| Chris McLaughlin | Boom Operator |
| Darcy Vebber | Boom Operator |
| Larry Gilhooly | Gaffer |
| Joanie Blum | Script Supervisor |
| Douglas E. Madison | Property Master |
| Joe Gores | Novel |
| Ronald Colby | First Assistant Director |
| Gary Fettis | Leadman |
| Morgan Renard | Still Photographer |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Howard Jensen | Special Effects |
| Philip H. Lathrop | Additional Photography |
| Dennis Gassner | Graphic Designer |
| Vince Melandri | Dialogue Editor |
| Robert Huddleston | Unit Production Manager |
| Jill Demby Guest | Dialogue Editor |
| April Ferry | Costumer |
