A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
Film19612h 8mReleased
DramaRomance
Not rated
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Details
- Director
- Daniel Petrie
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1961-05-28
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
Community score
7.7149 votes on TMDB
Confidence
Rating weighted by how many people voted
6.8
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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 PoitierWalter Lee Younger
- Claudia McNeilLena Younger
- Ruby DeeRuth Younger
- Diana SandsBeneatha Younger
- Ivan DixonAsagai
- John FiedlerMark Lindner
- Louis Gossett Jr.George Murchison
- Steven PerryTravis Younger
- Joel FluellenBobo
- Louis TerrelHermanLouis Terrel — artwork unavailable
