After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
| Writing | Raymond Chandler | Novel |
| Writing | John Paxton | Screenplay |
| Editing | Joseph Noriega | Editor |
| Directing | Edward Dmytryk | Director |
| Production | Adrian Scott | Producer |
| Camera | Harry J. Wild | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Michael Ohrenbach | Set Decoration |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Production | Sid Rogell | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bailey Fesler | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Art | Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Designer |
| Directing | William Dorfman | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Leslie Urbach | Dialogue |
| Camera | Landon Arnett | Assistant Camera |
