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

A Raisin in the Sun

7.7 / 10 7.7 1961 2h 8m

DramaRomance

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.

Directed by Daniel Petrie

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CAST

The people behind the story

Sidney Poitier

Sidney PoitierWalter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeilLena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruby DeeRuth Younger

Diana Sands

Diana SandsBeneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon

Ivan DixonAsagai

John Fiedler

John FiedlerMark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.George Murchison

Steven Perry

Steven PerryTravis Younger