MovieDramaRomance
A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
7.7(153)19612h 8m
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.
- Director
- Daniel Petrie
- Created by
- Stephen Shalom
- Writers
- Lorraine Hansberry
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Cast
Sidney Poitier
Walter Lee Younger
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
Joel Fluellen
Bobo
Louis Terrel
Herman
Roy Glenn
Willie Harris
George DeNormand
Employer (uncredited)
Bob Sweeney
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs
Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Daniel PetrieDirector
- Sam NelsonAssistant Director
Writing
- Lorraine HansberryScreenplay
- Lorraine HansberryTheatre Play
Production
- Ronald H. GilbertProducer
- David SusskindProducer
- Stephen ShalomExecutive Producer
- Philip RoseProducer
Camera
- Charles Lawton Jr.Director of Photography
- Richard H. KlineCamera Operator
Editing
- Paul WeatherwaxEditor
- William A. LyonEditor
Sound
- Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
- Charles J. RiceSound
- George CooperSound
- Arthur MortonOrchestrator
Art
- Louis DiageSet Decoration
- Carl AndersonArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Ben LaneMakeup Artist
- Helen HuntHairstylist