A Raisin in the Sun
1961/05/28 (US) | Drama, Romance
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
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 Petrie
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,500,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Columbia Pictures
Crews
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre Play
David Susskind
Producer
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer