 | Sidney Poitier als Walter Lee Younger |
 | Claudia McNeil als Lena Younger |
 | Ruby Dee als Ruth Younger |
 | Diana Sands als Beneatha Younger |
 | Ivan Dixon als Asagai |
 | John Fiedler als Mark Lindner |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. als George Murchison |
 | Stephen Perry als Travis Younger |
 | Joel Fluellen als Bobo |
 | Louis Terrel als Herman |
 | Roy Glenn als Willie Harris |
| George DeNormand als Employer (uncredited) |
 | Bob Sweeney als Insurance Company Agent (uncredited) |
| Thomas D. Jones als Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Rudolph Monroe als Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Ray Stubbs als Bartender (uncredited) |
 | David Susskind als On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited) |
| Lorraine Hansberry | Screenplay |
| Daniel Petrie | Director |
| Charles Lawton Jr. | Director of Photography |
| David Susskind | Producer |
| Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| William A. Lyon | Editor |
| Ben Lane | Makeup Artist |
| Richard H. Kline | Camera Operator |
| Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Louis Diage | Set Decoration |
| Carl Anderson | Art Direction |
| Lorraine Hansberry | Theatre Play |
| Ronald H. Gilbert | Producer |
| Charles J. Rice | Sound |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Laurence Rosenthal | Original Music Composer |
| George Cooper | Sound |
| Sam Nelson | Assistant Director |
| Philip Rose | Producer |
| Stephen Shalom | Executive Producer |
