Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Lauren Bacall
Elaine Sampson
Julie Harris
Betty Fraley
Arthur Hill
Albert Graves
Janet Leigh
Susan Harper
Pamela Tiffin
Miranda Sampson
Robert Wagner
Allan Taggert
Robert Webber
Dwight Troy
Shelley Winters
Fay Estabrook
Harold Gould
Sheriff Spanner
Roy Jenson
Puddler
Strother Martin
Claude
Martin West
Deputy
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Kronberg
Eugene Iglesias
Felix
Richard Carlyle
Fred Platt
Al Bain
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Horace G. Brown
Bartender (uncredited)
David Cadiente
Immigrant (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Immigrant (uncredited)
Mary Gregory
Waitress (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Waiter (uncredited)
Louise Lane
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
China Lee
Dancer (uncredited)
James McHale
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Andres Oropeza
Piano Player (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Martin Priest
Dancer (uncredited)
Jerry Rush
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Maxie Thrower
Waiter (uncredited)
Roseann Williams
Bunny Dancer (uncredited)
Lewis Marvin
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Herbert Sullivan
Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
Jack Smight
Director
William Goldman
Screenplay
Ross Macdonald
Novel
Stefan Arnsten
Editor
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
James H. Brown
Assistant Director
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Jerry Gershwin
Producer
Richard Moore
Camera Operator
Jordan Cronenweth
Camera Operator, Assistant Camera
Richard Doran
First Assistant Camera
Jean Burt Reilly
Hair Supervisor
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Stanley Jones
Sound
Frank Regula
Boom Operator
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Bert Steinberg
Dialogue Coach
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
Joe Pronto
Stunts
Paul Baxley
Stunts, Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double
Gene Coogan
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Stunts
Herb Pacheco
Stunts
Bill Shannon
Stunts
Jim Sheppard
Stunts
James Turley
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Jerry Summers
Stunts
Ann Pat Kelly
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Sam A. Mides
Stunts
Tom Steele
Stunts
Ron Veto
Stunts
Morton C. Thompson
Stunts
Kenneth B. Taylor
Grip
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Chuck Hansen
Unit Manager
Alfred Sweeney
Art Direction
Willis Holman
Orchestrator
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