Näyttelijät

• Joe Mantell — Walsh
• Jack Nicholson — Jake Gittes
• John Hillerman — Russ Yelburton
• Roy Jenson — Claude Mulvihill
• Richard Bakalyan — Detective Loach
• Rance Howard — Irate Farmer
• Darrell Zwerling — Hollis I. Mulwray
• Faye Dunaway — Evelyn Cross Mulwray
• John Huston — Noah Cross
• Perry Lopez — Lieutenant Lou Escobar
• Diane Ladd — Ida Sessions
• James Hong — Evelyn's Butler
• Bruce Glover — Duffy
• Roy Roberts — Mayor Bagby
• Noble Willingham — Councilman
• Jesse Vint — Farmer in the Valley
• Burt Young — Curly
• James O'Rear — Lawyer
• Beulah Quo — Maid
• Jerry Fujikawa — Gardener
• Elliott Montgomery — Councilman
• Charles Knapp — Mortician
• Claudio Martinez — Boy on Horseback
• Federico Roberto — Cross' Butler
• John Holland — Farmer in the Valley
• Jim Burk — Farmer in the Valley
• Denny Arnold — Farmer in the Valley
• John Rogers — Mr. Palmer
• Cecil Elliott — Emma Dill
• Paul Jenkins — Policeman
• Bob Golden — Policeman
• Fritzi Burr — Mulwray's Secretary
• Roman Polanski — Man with knife