A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Name: A Raisin in the Sun
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1961-05-28
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon

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

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.

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Released 1961-05-28 · 128 min · Drama, Romance

Directed by Daniel Petrie

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 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)
Thomas D. Jones as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe as Taxi Driver (uncredited)