A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun
1961DramaRomance128 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 unexpec... read more

  • Daniel Petrie

    Director

  • Lorraine Hansberry

    Screenplay

  • Lorraine Hansberry

    Theatre Play

  • Charles Lawton Jr.

    Director of Photography

  • Paul Weatherwax

    Editor

  • William A. Lyon

    Editor

  • 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

  • Stephen Perry

    Travis Younger

  • Joel Fluellen

    Bobo

  • Louis Terrel

    Herman

  • Roy Glenn

    Willie Harris

  • George DeNormand

    Employer (uncredited)

  • Bob Sweeney

    Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

  • Thomas D. Jones

    Chauffeur (uncredited)

  • Rudolph Monroe

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Ray Stubbs

    Bartender (uncredited)

  • David Susskind

    On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

    • 5.0
  • Essential Sidney Poitierby pierre

    • Runtime

    128 minutes

    Released

    1961-05-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Laurence Rosenthal

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    55 days ago

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