A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Drama Romance

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.

Updated May 10 2020

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1961-05-28

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Keywords:

housewife racial segregation african american urban setting apartment racial tension racial prejudice black family neighborhood discrimination racism

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Runtime: 128 mins Budget: $1,500,000 Rating: 7.5 Tag Line: The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

Cast

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Louis Gossett, Jr.

George Murchison

David Susskind

On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

Bobo

Ivan Dixon

Asagai

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

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Crew

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

George Cooper

Sound

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Daniel Petrie

Director

David Susskind

Producer

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

George Cooper

Sound

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Daniel Petrie

Director

David Susskind

Producer

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

William A. Lyon

Editor

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Lorraine Hansberry

Screenplay

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play

Paul Weatherwax

Editor

Charles J. Rice

Sound

Sam Nelson

Assistant Director

Ronald H. Gilbert

Producer

Ben Lane

Makeup Artist

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