A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
7.7(149) 1961-05-28 128 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorDaniel Petrie
ScreenplayLorraine Hansberry
ProducerRonald H. Gilbert
ProducerDavid Susskind
Original Music ComposerLaurence Rosenthal
ProducerPhilip Rose
Cast & characters
Sidney Poitier
as Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil
as Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
as Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
as Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
as Asagai
John Fiedler
as Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.
as George Murchison
Steven Perry
as Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
as Bobo
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Louis Terrel
as Herman
Roy Glenn
as Willie Harris
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George DeNormand
as Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
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Thomas D. Jones
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Rudolph Monroe
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Ray Stubbs
as Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
