A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
1961 · 2h 8m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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
Writers: Lorraine Hansberry
Music by: Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr.
Editor: Paul Weatherwax, William A. Lyon
Budget: $2M · Rated 7.7/10 by 150 viewers
Cast
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee YoungerClaudia McNeil as Lena YoungerRuby Dee as Ruth YoungerDiana Sands as Beneatha YoungerIvan Dixon as AsagaiJohn Fiedler as Mark LindnerLouis Gossett Jr. as George MurchisonSteven Perry as Travis YoungerJoel Fluellen as BoboLouis Terrel as HermanRoy Glenn as Willie HarrisGeorge DeNormand as Employer (uncredited)More like this
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