A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Starletta DuPois
as Ruth Younger
Lou Ferguson
as Joseph Asagai
John Fiedler
as Karl Lindner
Danny Glover
as Walter Lee Younger
Stephen McKinley Henderson
as Bobo
Kimble Joyner
as Travis Younger
Helen Martin
as Mrs. Johnson
Joseph C. Phillips
as George Murchison
Esther Rolle
as Lena 'Mama' Younger
Kim Yancey
as Beneatha 'Bennie' Younger
