A Raisin in the Sun
7.7
140 reviews
Drama/Romance
2h 8m
1961
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....
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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
- Release28 May 1961
- Genre
- Duration2h 8m
- Budget$1,500,000
- Revenue?
- Rate7.7140 reviews
- Productions
Columbia Pictures
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
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
David Susskind
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
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