A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

05/28/1961 (US) • 2h 8m

Drama, Romance

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison

Steven Perry

Travis Younger


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,500,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

grave

housewife

racial segregation

based on play or musical

racism

urban setting

racial tension

racial prejudice

neighborhood

discrimination

angry

complex

cautionary

dramatic

condescending

disrespectful

enraged

harsh

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