A Raisin in the Sun
“The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...”
1961•2h 8m•7.7•Released
DramaRomance
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Writer
Lorraine Hansberry
Budget
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Philip Rose
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