A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
2h 8m
7.7

7.7/10

145 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $1,500,000

Language: EN

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Quick Facts

Release Date May 28, 1961
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0055353

Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil
Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Diana Sands
Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon

Asagai

John Fiedler
John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison

Steven Perry
Steven Perry

Travis Younger

Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen

Bobo

Louis Terrel
Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn
Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

George DeNormand
George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Key Crew

Daniel Petrie
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Stephen Shalom
Executive Producer
Philip Rose
Producer