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Cast

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Walter Lee Younger

Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil

Lena Younger

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Ruth Younger

Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Beneatha Younger

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon

Asagai

John Fiedler

John Fiedler

Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

George Murchison

Steven Perry

Steven Perry

Travis Younger

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Bobo

Louis Terrel

Louis Terrel

Herman

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

Willie Harris

George DeNormand

George DeNormand

Employer (uncredited)

Bob Sweeney

Bob Sweeney

Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

Thomas D. Jones

Thomas D. Jones

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Rudolph Monroe

Rudolph Monroe

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ray Stubbs

Ray Stubbs

Bartender (uncredited)

David Susskind

David Susskind

On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Crew

Daniel Petrie

Daniel Petrie

Director

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Screenplay

Ronald H. Gilbert

Ronald H. Gilbert

Producer

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play

David Susskind

David Susskind

Producer

Paul Weatherwax

Paul Weatherwax

Editor

William A. Lyon

William A. Lyon

Editor

Louis Diage

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Laurence Rosenthal

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

Ben Lane

Ben Lane

Makeup Artist

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Charles J. Rice

Charles J. Rice

Sound

Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Charles Lawton Jr.

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

George Cooper

George Cooper

Sound

Richard H. Kline

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

Arthur Morton

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson

Assistant Director

Stephen Shalom

Stephen Shalom

Executive Producer

Philip Rose

Philip Rose

Producer

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A Raisin in the Sun

19617.7 / 10128 min
Drama, Romance

Overview

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.