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A Raisin in the Sun

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7.6/10 • 122

1961-05-282h 8m

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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.

Directors
Daniel Petrie
Editors
William A. Lyon

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  1. Sidney Poitier

    Sidney Poitier

    Walter Lee Younger

  2. Claudia McNeil

    Claudia McNeil

    Lena Younger

  3. Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee

    Ruth Younger

  4. Diana Sands

    Diana Sands

    Beneatha Younger

  5. Ivan Dixon

    Ivan Dixon

    Asagai

  6. John Fiedler

    John Fiedler

    Mark Lindner

  7. Louis Gossett Jr.

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    George Murchison

  8. Stephen Perry

    Stephen Perry

    Travis Younger

  9. Joel Fluellen

    Joel Fluellen

    Bobo

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,500,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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