A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
28/05/1961
Drama, Romance
2h 8m
- 77% (134 votes)
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The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
Overview
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.
- Daniel PetrieDirector
- Lorraine HansberryScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,500,000
Keywords
- grave
- housewife
- racial segregation
- based on play or musical
- racism
- urban setting
- racial tension
- racial prejudice
- neighborhood
- discrimination
- angry
- complex
- cautionary
- dramatic
- condescending
- disrespectful
- enraged
- harsh
Top Billed 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
Recommendations
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To Sir, with Love (75%)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (64%)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (58%)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (64%)
Big Miracle (67%)
Turbo Kid (65%)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (79%)
Citizen Kane (80%)
