A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Released: 1961-05-28 Duration: 2hr 8min
Genres: Drama Romance
Rating 7.7
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

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.

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $1,500,000.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 7.667

Directed By

Daniel Petrie

Crew

Director
Daniel Petrie
Screenplay
Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre Play
Lorraine Hansberry
Producer
David Susskind
Set Decoration
Louis Diage
Original Music Composer
Laurence Rosenthal
Makeup Artist
Ben Lane
Hairstylist
Helen Hunt
Art Direction
Carl Anderson
Director of Photography
Charles Lawton Jr.
Camera Operator
Richard H. Kline
Orchestrator
Arthur Morton
Assistant Director
Sam Nelson
Executive Producer
Stephen Shalom
Producer
Philip Rose

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

Stephen Perry
Stephen Perry

Travis Younger

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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