Poster for A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1961, drama, love

128 minutes

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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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon

Asagai

John Fiedler

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison

Stephen Perry

Travis Younger

Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

George DeNormand

George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Bob Sweeney

Bob Sweeney

Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

Thomas D. Jones

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Rudolph Monroe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ray Stubbs

Bartender (uncredited)

David Susskind

David Susskind

On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Carl Anderson

Art direction

Louis Diage

Set decoration

Camera

Richard H. Kline

Richard H. Kline

Camera operator

Costume and make-up

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Ben Lane

Makeup artist

Directing

Daniel Petrie

Daniel Petrie

Director

Editing

Production

Stephen Shalom

Executive producer

David Susskind

David Susskind

Producer

Philip Rose

Producer

Sound

Laurence Rosenthal

Laurence Rosenthal

Original music composer

Writing

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