 | Paul Newman als Ram Bowen |
 | Joanne Woodward als Lillian Corning |
 | Sidney Poitier als Eddie Cook |
 | Diahann Carroll als Connie Lampson |
 | Louis Armstrong als Wild Man Moore |
 | Barbara Laage als Marie Séoul |
 | André Luguet als René Bernard |
 | Marie Versini als Nicole |
 | Serge Reggiani als Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne |
 | Moustache als Mustachio |
 | Aaron Bridgers als Pianist |
| Guy Pedersen als Bass Player |
 | Roger Blin als Fausto the Moor (uncredited) |
 | Hélène Dieudonné als The Pusher (uncredited) |
| Martin Ritt | Director |
| Jack Sher | Screenplay |
| Irene Kamp | Screenplay |
| Walter Bernstein | Screenplay |
| Harold Flender | Novel |
| Sam Shaw | Producer |
| Duke Ellington | Music |
| Roger Dwyre | Editor |
| Lulla Rosenfeld | Adaptation |
| Walter Seltzer | Executive Producer |
| George Glass | Executive Producer |
| Alexandre Trauner | Art Direction |
| Michel Deruelle | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph de Bretagne | Sound |
| Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| Christian Matras | Director of Photography |
| Henri Tiquet | Camera Operator |
| Bernard Farrel | Assistant Director |
| Billy Byers | Music Supervisor |
| André Smagghe | Second Unit Director |
| Michel Rittener | Production Manager |
| Leon Birnbaum | Music Editor |
| Carita | Hairstylist |
| Renée Guidet | Hairdresser |
| Dagmar Bolin | Script Supervisor |
