Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger

Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger

Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon as Asagai

John Fiedler as Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr. as George Murchison

Steven Perry as Travis Younger

Joel Fluellen as Bobo

Louis Terrel as Herman

Roy Glenn as Willie Harris

George DeNormand as Employer (uncredited)

Bob Sweeney as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

Thomas D. Jones as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Rudolph Monroe as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ray Stubbs as Bartender (uncredited)

David Susskind as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)