A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
Drama
Romance
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1961-05-28
Runtime:
2h 8m
Director:
Daniel Petrie
Writer:
Lorraine Hansberry
Top 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
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Official Videos
Sidney Poitier on A RAISIN IN THE SUN Writer Lorraine Hansberry
A RAISIN IN THE SUN and the American Dream | On Film
Louis Gossett Jr. salutes his A Raisin In The Sun co-star Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier: AFI Movie Club: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier - A RAISIN IN THE SUN
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