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.
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Cast
18 people
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Known for
There Was a Crooked Man...
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Known for
The Stand
Do the Right Thing
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Known for
The Landlord
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
Known for
Hogan's Heroes
Car Wash
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Known for
12 Angry Men
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Known for
Watchmen
Enemy Mine
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Also in
The Sound and the Fury
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Known for
Imitation of Life
Friendly Persuasion
Stephen Perry
Travis Younger
Louis Terrel
Herman
No other roles listed
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Daniel Petrie Director · Lorraine Hansberry Screenplay Laurence Rosenthal Composer
Budget $1.5M · United States release May 28, 1961 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,500,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 28, 1961
Theatrical
Austria
February 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Finland
October 5, 1961 · Theatrical
Germany
November 17, 1961 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 12, 1977 · Theatrical
Italy
August 26, 1961 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 23, 1961 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 11, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
September 17, 1961 · Theatrical
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