A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)

The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...

Released: 1961-05-28

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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.

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Sidney Poitier

as Walter Lee Younger

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Claudia McNeil

as Lena Younger

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Ruby Dee

as Ruth Younger

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Diana Sands

as Beneatha Younger

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John Fiedler

as Mark Lindner

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Louis Gossett Jr.

as George Murchison

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Stephen Perry

as Travis Younger

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Roy Glenn

as Willie Harris

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George DeNormand

as Employer (uncredited)

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Bob Sweeney

as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

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Thomas D. Jones

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Rudolph Monroe

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Ray Stubbs

as Bartender (uncredited)

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David Susskind

as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

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