A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

1961 en 128 minutes

Rating: 7.7

Plot

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.

Trailer

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

Louis Terrel

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

Thomas D. Jones

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Rudolph Monroe

Rudolph Monroe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ray Stubbs

Ray Stubbs

Bartender (uncredited)

David Susskind

David Susskind

On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

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