The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Cast
Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers
Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis
John Colicos
Nick Papadakis
Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz
John P. Ryan
Kennedy
Anjelica Huston
Madge
William Traylor
Sackett
Thomas Hill
Barlow
Jon Van Ness
Motorcycle Cop
Brian Farrell
Mortenson
Raleigh Bond
Insurance Salesman
William Newman
Man from Home Town
Albert Henderson
Art Beeman
Eugene Peterson
Doctor
Don Calfa
Goebel
Louis Turenne
Ringmaster
Charles B. Jenkins
Gas Station Attendant
Dick Balduzzi
Sign Man #1
John Furlong
Sign Man #2
Sam Edwards
Ticket Clerk
Betty Cole
Grandmother
Joni Palmer
Granddaughter
Ron Flagge
Shoeshine Man
Lionel Mark Smith
Crapshooter
Brion James
Crapshooter
Frank Arno
Crapshooter
Virgil Frye
Crapshooter
Kenneth Cervi
Crapshooter
Chris Rellias
Greek Party
Theodoros A. Karavidas
Greek Party
Basil J. Fovos
Greek Party
Nick Hasir
Greek Party
Demetrios Liappas
Greek Party
James O'Connell
Judge
William H. McDonald
Bailiff
Elsa Raven
Matron
Kopi Sotiropulos
Greek Mourner
Tom Maier
Twin Oaks Customer
Glenn Shadix
Twin Oaks Customer
Tani Guthrie
Twin Oaks Customer
Carolyn Coates
Twin Oaks Customer
Jim S. Cash
Twin Oaks Customer
Christopher Lloyd
The Salesman
Crew
Bob Rafelson
Director, Producer
David Mamet
Screenplay
James M. Cain
Novel
Graeme Clifford
Editor
Tim Tobin
Assistant Editor
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Nick Marck
Second Assistant Director
Bill Scott
Assistant Director
Andrew Braunsberg
Executive Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Producer
Michael Barlow
Associate Producer
George Jenkins
Production Design
Terry Liebling
Casting
Barbara Lambertson
Extras Casting
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Eric H. Sandberg
Costumer
Mina Mittelman
Costumer
Tony Faso
Costumer
Toni-Ann Walker
Hairstylist
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist
Joseph Hurley
Assistant Art Director
Bub Asman
Sound Effects Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Nicholas Korda
Assistant Sound Editor
Brooke Henderson Ward
Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Rochester
Sound Mixer
Robert G. Henderson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Brian L. McCarty
Sound Recordist
Richard Thornton
Boom Operator
Bruno Van Zeebroeck
Special Effects
Jan Aaris
Special Effects
Jerry D. Williams
Special Effects
Michael Small
Original Music Composer
Norman B. Schwartz
Dialogue Editor
Robert Gould
Set Decoration
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Ray Mercer Jr.
Property Master
Arthur Shippee
Assistant Property Master
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Paul Pascarella
Title Designer
Donald Krafft
Leadman
