Masquerade

Tim Whalen

Olivia Lawrence

Mike McGill

Tony Gateworth

Anne Briscoe

Chief of Police

Granger Morrison

Tommy McGill

Harland Fitzgerald

Weyburn

Theodore Cantrell

Aunt Eleanor

Uncle Charles

Sam

Jillian

Mrs. Chase

Mortician

Lt. Wacker

Cop #1

Cop #2

Alberto

Judge

Nun

Maid

Sedgewick

Debutante

Store Manager

Dock Man

Kid on Dock (as Michael F. Tadross)

French Boy #1

French Boy #2

Holly (uncredited)

A television version exists where there is extra footage. First, there is a much longer conversation between Tim Whalen (Rob Lowe) and Brooke Morrison (Kim Cattrall) in bed in which they discuss her numerous affairs with other men. Second, Olivia Lawrence (Meg Tilly) discusses with Tim about their past summer before they met. This scene is in her Manhattan apartment either before or after Olivia's meeting with her attorneys. And lastly, Olivia approaches Tim overlooking the window and starts to kiss him passionately.

The film's "Masquerade" title refers to the false show or pretense that represents the foggy and unclear hidden motives of certain characters in this suspense-mystery. "Masquerade" is also the name of the boat owned by Olivia Lawrence (Meg Tilly).

This 1980s film noir was scored by John Barry who had previously scored another, Body Heat (1981). In the finale of Masquerade (1988), a boat is blown up, similarly, in the other film, the climax has a boat-house exploded. Both explosions feature in both film's denouements.

After having had sex with Brooke Morrison, Tim Whalen has a sweat-wet back and in the next shot is dry.