A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
1961-05-28 | 128 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Sidney PoitierWalter Lee Younger
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Claudia McNeilLena Younger
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Ruby DeeRuth Younger
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Diana SandsBeneatha Younger
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Ivan DixonAsagai
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John FiedlerMark Lindner
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Louis Gossett Jr.George Murchison
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Steven PerryTravis Younger
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Joel FluellenBobo
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Roy GlennWillie Harris
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Bob SweeneyInsurance Company Agent (uncredited)
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David SusskindOn-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
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