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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

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.

Release: 1961-05-28
Runtime: 128 min
Rating: 7.7 / 10
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
Steven Perry
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
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Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
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George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
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Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Ray Stubbs
Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
David Susskind
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)