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A Raisin in the Sun

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.
💵 Budget: USD 1,500,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1961-05-28
⌚ Running Time: 128 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.7

Beloved Cast

Sidney Poitier original image
Walter Lee Younger
Sidney Poitier
Claudia McNeil original image
Lena Younger
Claudia McNeil
Ruby Dee original image
Ruth Younger
Ruby Dee
Diana Sands original image
Beneatha Younger
Diana Sands
Ivan Dixon original image
Asagai
Ivan Dixon
John Fiedler original image
Mark Lindner
John Fiedler
Louis Gossett Jr. original image
George Murchison
Louis Gossett Jr.
Steven Perry original image
Travis Younger
Steven Perry
Joel Fluellen original image
Bobo
Joel Fluellen
Louis Terrel original image
Herman
Louis Terrel
Roy Glenn original image
Willie Harris
Roy Glenn
George DeNormand original image
Employer (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Bob Sweeney original image
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Thomas D. Jones original image
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones
Rudolph Monroe original image
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe
Ray Stubbs original image
Bartender (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs
David Susskind original image
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
David Susskind

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