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A Raisin in the Sun
“The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...”
7.7 / 10• 1961• 2h 8m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
Lead
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Daniel Petrie's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Raisin in the Sun is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
