A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
7.7|28 May, 1961|128 min
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
7.7|28 May, 1961|128 min
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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.
Language
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue --
Keywords
grave
housewife
racial segregation
based on play or musical
racism
urban setting
racial tension
racial prejudice
neighborhood
criterion
discrimination
angry
complex
cautionary
dramatic
condescending
disrespectful
enraged
harsh
Casts
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs
Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
Crews
Daniel Petrie
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay
Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre Play
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
William A. Lyon
Editor
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
Louis Diage
Set Decoration
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Ben Lane
Makeup Artist
George Cooper
Sound
Charles J. Rice
Sound
Richard H. Kline
Camera Operator
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Sam Nelson
Assistant Director
Stephen Shalom
Executive Producer
Philip Rose
Producer
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