A Raisin in the Sun
134 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?
- Rate134 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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