A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
128 min
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.
- Release date
- March 29, 1961
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Budget
- $1,500,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger
- Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger
- Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger
- Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger
- Ivan Dixon as Joseph Asagai
- John Fiedler as Mark Lindner
- Louis Gossett Jr. as George Murchison
- Steven Perry as Travis Younger
- Joel Fluellen as Bobo
- Louis Terrel as Herman
- Roy Glenn as Willie Harris
- George DeNormand as Employer (uncredited)
- Bob Sweeney as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
- David Susskind as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
- Daniel Petrie · Director
- Lorraine Hansberry · Writer
- Ronald H. Gilbert · Producer
- Philip Rose · Producer
- David Susskind · Producer
- Laurence Rosenthal · Composer
- Charles Lawton Jr. · Cinematographer
- William A. Lyon · Editor
- Paul Weatherwax · Editor