A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m
Running Time
May 28, 1961Release Date
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
2h 8m
Running Time
May 28, 1961Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
Joseph Asagai
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Stephen Perry
Travis Younger
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
Daniel Petrie
Director
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Lorraine Hansberry
Writer
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Philip Rose
Producer
Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs
Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Composer
Richard H. Kline
Camera Operator
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Wiki.
A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and adapted from the 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city. A Raisin in the Sun was released by Columbia Pictures on May 29, 1961.
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2006, the American Film Institute ranked the film 65th in its list of most inspiring films.
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