A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Mickey Rourkeas Harry Angel
Robert De Niroas Louis Cyphre
Lisa Bonetas Epiphany Proudfoot
Charlotte Ramplingas Margaret Krusemark
Stocker Fontelieuas Ethan Krusemark
Brownie McGheeas Toots Sweet
Michael Higginsas Doctor Fowler
Elizabeth Whitcraftas Connie
Eliott Keeneras Sterne
Charles Gordoneas Spider Simpson
Michael Seresin