J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Jack Nicholson
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Faye Dunaway
Duffy
Bruce Glover
Lawrence Walsh
Joe Mantell
Mayor Bagby
Roy Roberts
Councilman
Noble Willingham
Irate Farmer
Rance Howard
Farmer in the Valley
Jesse Vint
Curly
Burt Young
Policeman
Lee de Broux
Hollis I. Mulwray
Darrell Zwerling
Sophie
Nandu Hinds
Noah Cross
John Huston
Lawyer
James O'Rear
Maid
Beulah Quo
Gardener
Jerry Fujikawa
Katherine
Belinda Palmer
Elliott Montgomery
Barber
George Justin
Customer
C.O. Erickson
Mortician
Charles Knapp
Boy on Horseback
Claudio Martínez
Cross' Butler
Federico Roberto
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Perry Lopez
Clerk
Allan Warnick
John Holland
Jim Burk
Denny Arnold
Curly's Wife
Elizabeth Harding
Mr. Palmer
John Rogers
Emma Dill
Cecil Elliott
Paul Jenkins
Bob Golden
Driver (uncredited)
Richard Warren
Russ Yelburton
John Hillerman
Mulwray's Secreatry
Fritzi Burr
Barber (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Ida Sessions
Diane Ladd
Man with Knife
Roman Polanski
Claude Mulvihill
Roy Jenson
Detective Loach
Richard Bakalyan
Evelyn's Butler
James Hong
Director
Writer
Original Music Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
Assistant Director
Hawk Koch
Robert Towne
Casting
Mike Fenton
Stunt Coordinator
Hal Needham
Producer
Robert Evans
Unit Production Manager
Associate Producer
Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Editor
Sam O'Steen
Jane Feinberg
Production Design
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
W. Stewart Campbell
Set Decoration
Ruby R. Levitt
Costume Design
Anthea Sylbert
Sound Editor
Bob Cornett
Music Editor
John C. Hammell
Special Effects
Logan Frazee
Sound Mixer
Larry Jost
Camera Operator
Hugh K. Gagnier
Assistant Editor
Florence Williamson
Script Supervisor
May Wale Brown
Second Assistant Director
Michele Ader
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles Grenzbach
Boom Operator
Clint Althouse
Property Master
Bill MacSems
Gaffer
Earl Gilbert
Key Grip
Bernie Schwartz
Makeup Artist
Hank Edds
Lee C. Harmon
Hairstylist
Susan Germaine
Vivienne Walker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Richard Bruno
Jean Merrick