Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders	...	(Réalisateur)
Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders	...	(Scénariste)
Nicholas Ray	...	Himself
Wim Wenders	...	Himself
Gerry Bamman	...	Himself
Ronee Blakely	...
Pierre Cottrell	...	Himself
Ronee Blakley	...	Herself
Stefan Czapsky	...	Himself
Mitch Dubin	...	Himself
Tom Farrell	...	Himself
Becky Johnston	...	Herself
Tom Kaufman	...	Himself
Pat Kirck	...	Himself
Edward Lachman	...	Himself
Martin Müller	...	Himself
Craig Nelson	...	Himself
Susan Ray	...	Herself
Timothy Ray	...	Himself
Martin Schäfer	...	Himself
Chris Sievernich	...	Himself

Résumé: Director Nicholas Ray is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film _Hammett (1983)_ in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.