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A Raisin in the Sun

Release Year
1961
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Directed By
Daniel Petrie
A Raisin in the Sun

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.

Cast & Crew

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

Stephen Perry

Travis Younger

Joel Fluellen

Bobo

Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Crew

Daniel Petrie

Director

Lorraine Hansberry

Screenplay

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

William A. Lyon

Editor

Paul Weatherwax

Editor

Ronald H. Gilbert

Producer

David Susskind

Producer

Philip Rose

Producer

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

George Cooper

Sound

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