A Raisin in the Sun

• 7.7 Drama
• 1961-05-28
• 128 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) Stephen Perry (Travis Younger) Joel Fluellen (Bobo) Louis Terrel (Herman)

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writer:

Lorraine Hansberry