A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Drama • Romance • 2ч 8м

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.

TMDB rating: 7.7 (149)

Trailers (1) Images Cast (17) Reviews

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

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Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

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George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Bob Sweeney

Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

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Thomas D. Jones

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Rudolph Monroe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Ray Stubbs

Bartender (uncredited)

David Susskind

On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Crew

Daniel Petrie

Director

Lorraine Hansberry

Screenplay

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Ronald H. Gilbert

Producer

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play

David Susskind

Producer

Paul Weatherwax

Editor

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

George Cooper

Sound

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

Charles J. Rice

Sound

William A. Lyon

Editor

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Ben Lane

Makeup Artist

Sam Nelson

Assistant Director

Stephen Shalom

Executive Producer

Philip Rose

Producer

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