A Raisin in the Sun

The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

  • Rated 7.7 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1961
  • 2h 8m
  • Drama
  • Romance

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.

Director
Daniel Petrie
Starring
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands

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

    Herman

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