Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
| Editing | Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Production | George Pappas | Producer |
| Writing | Raymond Chandler | Novel |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | David Zelag Goodman | Screenplay |
| Production | Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Editing | Joel Cox | Editor |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Dick Richards | Director |
| Art | Dean Tavoularis | Production Design |
| Art | Angelo P. Graham | Art Direction |
| Art | Robert Nelson | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Bill Phillips | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Richard Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Jerry Bick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elliott Kastner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Louis DiGiaimo | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judith A. Cory | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tim Zinnemann | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Dennis Jones | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Directing | Henry J. Lange Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Directing | David Sosna | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tim Zinnemann | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandy Berke Jordan | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Tony Scarano | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvio Scarano | Wardrobe Master |
