John Cassavetes

Axel Nordmann

Sidney Poitier

Tommy Tyler

Jack Warden

Charles Malik

Kathleen Maguire

Ellen Wilson

Ruby Dee

Lucy Tyler

Val Avery

Brother

Robert F. Simon

Mr. George Nordmann

Ruth White

Mrs. Nordmann

William A. Lee

Davis

John Kellogg

Detective

David Clarke

Wallace

Estelle Hemsley

Lucy's Mother

Roy Glenn

Stevedore (uncredited)

Martin Ritt