Howard Hawks Director, Producer Humphrey Bogart Philip Marlowe Actor Lauren Bacall Vivian Rutledge Actor Martha Vickers Carmen Sternwood Actor John Ridgely Eddie Mars Actor Louis Jean Heydt Joe Brody Actor Elisha Cook Jr. Harry Jones Actor Regis Toomey Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls Actor Sonia Darrin Agnes Lowzier Actor Bob Steele Lash Canino Actor Tommy Rafferty Carol Lundgren Actor Dorothy Malone Acme Book Shop Proprietress Actor Charles Waldron General Sternwood Actor Charles D. Brown Norris the Butler Actor Tom Fadden Sidney Actor Ben Welden Pete Actor Trevor Bardette Art Huck Actor James Flavin Capt. Cronjager Actor Joy Barlow Taxi Driver Actor Thomas Jackson District Attorney White Actor Peggy Knudsen Mona Mars Actor Theodore von Eltz Arthur Gwynn Geiger Actor Carole Douglas Librarian Actor William Faulkner Screenwriter Leigh Brackett Screenwriter Jules Furthman Screenwriter Jack L. Warner Executive Producer Sidney Hickox Cinematographer Christian Nyby Film Editing Max Steiner Original Music Carl Jules Weyl Art Director Fred M. MacLean Set Decoration