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A Raisin in the Sun

MOVIE • 1961

A Raisin in the Sun

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.

TMDB ★ 3.9/5Votes: 153
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Top Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon

Asagai

John Fiedler

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison

Steven Perry

Steven Perry

Travis Younger

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Bobo

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Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

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George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Bob Sweeney

Bob Sweeney

Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

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Thomas D. Jones

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

May 28, 1961

Runtime

128 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

N/A