A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
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Cast and Crew
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
Daniel Petrie
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay
Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre Play
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
William A. Lyon
Editor
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
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.
Orignal Language
en
Duration
128 minutes
Genre
Drama, Romance
Status
Released
Release Data
1961-05-28
Budget
$1500000
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
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