the Westings’ cook
wealthy American big game hunter
Swiss arms manufacturer
elegant Italian viscountess and widow
no-nonsense private investigator
world-renowned mystery writer
the Westings’ gamekeeper
famous French private investigator
the Westings’ loyal lawyer
charming and youthful American heiress
respected officer of the Metropolitan Police
talented ballerina from the Soviet Union
middle-class London shopkeeper
charming and frivolous second son of a Duke
well-known German hypnotist and psychologist