A Raisin in the Sun

Name: A Raisin in the Sun
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1961
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.707

1961 · 128 min

Drama · Romance

★ 7.7

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Daniel Petrie
Screenplay Lorraine Hansberry
Director of Photography Charles Lawton Jr.

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
L
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
G
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Daniel Petrie
Screenplay — Lorraine Hansberry
Director of Photography — Charles Lawton Jr.

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