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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

May 28, 1961 · 2h 8m

7.7/10 TMDB user score
153 votes on TMDB

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.

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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
  • Steven Perry Steven Perry Travis Younger
  • Joel Fluellen Joel Fluellen Bobo
  • Louis Terrel Herman
  • Roy Glenn Roy Glenn Willie Harris
  • George DeNormand Employer (uncredited)
  • Bob Sweeney Bob Sweeney Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
  • Thomas D. Jones Chauffeur (uncredited)
  • Rudolph Monroe Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • Ray Stubbs Bartender (uncredited)

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