 | Peter Ustinov als Charlie Chan |
 | Lee Grant als Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz |
 | Angie Dickinson als Dragon Queen |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer als Cordelia Farenington III |
 | Brian Keith als Police Chief Baxter |
 | Roddy McDowall als Gillespie |
 | Rachel Roberts als Mrs. Dangers |
 | Paul Ryan als Masten |
 | Michael Fairman als Bernard Lupowitz |
 | Richard Hatch als Lee Chan, Jr. |
 | Johnny Sekka als Stefan |
 | Gerald Okamura als Club Shanghai Bouncer |
 | James Winburn als Cop at Beach |
 | Momo Yashima als Dr. Yu Sing |
| Karlene Crockett als Brenda Lupowitz |
| Bennett Ohta als Hawaiian Chief of Police |
| David Hirokane als Lee Chan Sr. |
| James Ray als Haynes |
| Kael Blackwood als Medical Assistant |
| Jerry Loo als Medical Assistant |
| Laurence Cohen als Reporter at Clinic |
| Robin Hoff als Reporter at Clinic |
| Kathie Kei als Reporter at Clinic |
 | James Bacon als Reporter at Clinic |
 | Frank Michael Liu als Homicide Detective |
| John Hugh als Shopkeeper |
| George Chiang als Shopkeeper |
 | David Chow als Shopkeeper |
| Alison Hong als Maysie Ling |
| Dewey Yee als TV Interviewer |
 | Joe Bellan als Reporter at Pier |
| Garrick Huey als Reporter at Pier |
| Duane Tucker als Cocktail Waiter |
| Don Parker als Hotel Manager |
| John J. Fox als Pimp |
| Kenneth Snell als Pimp |
 | Nicholas Gunn als Pimp |
 | Don Murray als Pimp |
| Kai J. Wong als Murdered Messenger |
| Miya als Club Shanghai Hostess |
| Lonny Carbajal als Spaced Out Dancer |
| Peter Michas als Chauffeur to Dragon Queen |
| Vic Hunsberger als Traffic Cop |
 | Larry Duran als Man Getting Traffic Ticket |
| Kay Kimler als Riding Instructor |
| Luther Fear als Reporter with pad looking at hanged man (uncredited) |
| David Axlerod | Screenplay |
| Stan Burns | Screenplay |
| Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
| Clive Donner | Director |
| Randy Glass | Gaffer |
| Mary Peters | Stunts |
| Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Tony Brubaker | Stunt Driver |
| Gwen Williford | Production Assistant |
| Edna Tromans | Unit Publicist |
| Theodore Tabura | Production Assistant |
| David Stump | Production Assistant |
| Jeff Lohmann | Production Assistant |
| Rene Inouye | Production Assistant |
| Jack Collier | Craft Service |
| Lou Leucart | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Tim Hill | Transportation Coordinator |
| Alvin Greenman | Script Supervisor |
| Al Teeter | Music Editor |
| Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Jim Carberry | Location Manager |
| Toni Telo | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Larry Mann | Assistant Editor |
| Bud Clarke | Assistant Editor |
| Roberta Newman | Costumer |
| David McGough | Costumer |
| Timothy E. Wade | Camera Operator |
| Kevin Tansey | Grip |
| Phil Stern | Still Photographer |
| Steve Randolph | Second Assistant Camera |
| Guy Polzel | Key Grip |
| Hal Nelson | Dolly Grip |
| Leo J. Napolitano | First Assistant Camera |
| Terry Marshall | Electrician |
| J. Michael Marlett | Gaffer |
| Phillip Marlett | Electrician |
| Edmond L. Koons | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Jack Gereghty | Still Photographer |
| Doug J. Campbell | Grip |
| Cordell Boyd | Electrician |
| Mark Yerkes | Utility Stunts |
| Sunny Woods | Stunts |
| Eddie Wong | Utility Stunts |
| Danny Wong | Utility Stunts |
| Dianne L. Wilson | Utility Stunts |
| Jim Wilkerson | Utility Stunts |
| Richard Washington | Stunt Coordinator |
| Skip Ward | Stunt Double |
| Rock A. Walker | Stunt Driver |
| Jack Verbois | Utility Stunts |
| Michael M. Vendrell | Stunts |
| Sammy Thurman | Stunts |
| Leland Sun | Stunts |
| Jerry Summers | Stunt Double |
| Joe Stone | Stunts |
| Peter Stader | Stunts |
| Sharon Schaffer | Stunts |
| George Sawaya | Stunts |
| Carrie Salazar | Stunts |
| Bill Saito | Stunts |
| Bill M. Ryusaki | Stunts |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Walter Robles | Utility Stunts |
| Regis Parton | Stunts |
| Jody Orrison | Utility Stunts |
| Bob Orrison | Stunts |
| Tom Morga | Stunts |
| John Moio | Stunt Double |
| Faith Minton | Stunts |
| Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Kym Washington Longino | Utility Stunts |
| Shirley Loney | Stunt Double |
| Angelo Lamonea | Stunts |
| Allison Klolzman | Stunts |
| Yangi Kitadani | Utility Stunts |
| Nancie Kawata | Stunts |
| Rosemary Johnston | Stunts |
| John Hudkins | Stunt Driver |
| Eddie Hice | Stunt Double |
| Chuck Hayward | Stunt Driver |
| Marguerite Happy | Stunt Double |
| Clifford Happy | Stunt Double |
| Ted Grossman | Utility Stunts |
| Donna Garrett | Stunt Double |
| Diamond Farnsworth | Utility Stunts |
| Stephanie Epper | Stunts |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Greg Wayne Elam | Stunts |
| Ted Duncan | Utility Stunts |
| Vince Deadrick Jr. | Stunts |
| Jadie David | Stunts |
| Erik Cord | Utility Stunts |
| Roydon Clark | Stunt Double |
| Tom Chatlos | Stunt Double |
| James J. Casino | Stunt Double |
| Vince Cadiente | Stunts |
| David Cadiente | Stunts |
| Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Bob Bralver | Stunts |
| Norman Blankenship | Utility Stunts |
| Robert Black | Stunts |
| Gary Baxley | Utility Stunts |
| Elizabeth A. Bardsley | Stunts |
| Denny Arnold | Stunt Double |
| Michael Wood | Special Effects |
| Samuel E. Price | Special Effects |
| Gene Grigg | Special Effects |
| Pat Suraci | Boom Operator |
| Murray Siegel | Cableman |
| Bert Schoenfeld | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Ray Alba | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mort Zwicker | Construction Foreman |
| Anthony Tomeo | Paint Coordinator |
| Ernest Phillips | Standby Painter |
| Joseph G. Pacelli Jr. | Set Designer |
| Pat Moudakis | Propmaker |
| Sam Moore | Property Master |
| Bruce Wayne Mecchi | Set Dresser |
| Donald Lee Harris | Assistant Art Director |
| William J. Foley | Leadman |
| E.C. Chen | Set Designer |
| Richard Luke Rothschild | First Assistant Director |
| Jon Paré | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Rafael Elortegui | Second Assistant Director |
| Pamela M. Eilerson | Second Assistant Director |
| John Zane | Unit Production Manager |
| Joy Zapata | Hairstylist |
| Charles H. Schram | Makeup Artist |
| Mary Keats | Hairstylist |
| Jocelyn Rickards | Costume Design |
| Sam J. Jones | Set Decoration |
| Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Joel Schiller | Production Design |
| Toni Howard | Casting |
| Phil Tucker | Editor |
| Walter Hannemann | Editor |
| Paul Lohmann | Director of Photography |
| Patrick Williams | Music |
| Jerry Sherlock | Producer |
| Michael Leone | Executive Producer |
| Alan Belkin | Executive Producer |
| Paul Baxley | Second Unit Director |
| Vince Deadrick Jr. | Stunt Double |
| Paul Baxley | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sheryl Brown | Stunts |
