Danny Glover
— Philip Marlowe
Kelly Lynch
— Lola
Dan Hedaya
— Detective Copernik
Ron Rifkin
— Frank Barsaly
Miguel Sandoval
— Detective Ybarra
Nicholas Sadler
— Al
Ralph Ahn
— Jeweler
Bennet Guillory
— Waldo
Tyrin Turner
— Bartender
Valeria Golino
— Eugenie Kolchenko
Miguel Ferrer
— Prologue Narrator