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A Raisin in the Sun

The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

1961★ 7.7 · 1492h 8mDramaRomance

Overview

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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Trailer · A Raisin in the Sun (1961) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Cast

Sidney Poitier
as Walter Lee Younger

Louis Gossett Jr.
as George Murchison

John Fiedler
as Mark Lindner

Ruby Dee
as Ruth Younger

Ivan Dixon
as Asagai

Roy Glenn
as Willie Harris

Bob Sweeney
as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

George DeNormand
as Employer (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen
as Bobo

Diana Sands
as Beneatha Younger

David Susskind
as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Claudia McNeil
as Lena Younger

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7.7/ 10

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Release date: 1961-05-28

Budget: $1,500,000

Runtime: 2h 8m

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DramaRomance

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