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A Raisin in the Sun

7.719612h 8mMovieDramaRomance

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.

DirectorDaniel Petrie
WriterLorraine Hansberry
ProducersRonald H. Gilbert·David Susskind

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Cast · Directed by Daniel Petrie

SPSidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
CMClaudia McNeil
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
RDRuby Dee
Ruby Dee
Ruth Younger
DSDiana Sands
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
IDIvan Dixon
Ivan Dixon
Asagai
JFJohn Fiedler
John Fiedler
Mark Lindner
LJLouis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.
George Murchison
SPSteven Perry
Steven Perry
Travis Younger
JFJoel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
LT
Louis Terrel
Herman
RGRoy Glenn
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
GD
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)

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