The most important actors and actresses in his films:

Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Gena Rowlands,
Fred Draper, John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Val Avery,
Joan Blondell, Bobby Darin, Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland,
Katherine Cassavetes, Eddie Shaw, Lady Rowlands, Leila Goldoni
and himself.