A Raisin in the Sun
MAY 28, 1961 · 128 MIN · DIR. DANIEL PETRIE
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
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)
Crew
Screenplay
Lorraine Hansberry
Director of Photography
Charles Lawton Jr.
Editor
William A. Lyon
Editor
Paul Weatherwax
Original Music Composer
Laurence Rosenthal
Producer
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
David Susskind
Producer
Philip Rose
