A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

  • NR
  • 05/28/1961 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2h 8m

The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

Overview

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.

Daniel Petrie

Director

Lorraine Hansberry

Screenplay

Cast

Sidney Poitier's headshot

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil's headshot

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger
Ruby Dee's headshot

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger
Diana Sands's headshot

Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon's headshot

Ivan Dixon

Asagai
John Fiedler's headshot

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.'s headshot

Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison
Steven Perry's headshot

Steven Perry

Travis Younger

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