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The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions... - A Raisin in the Sun
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Title: A Raisin in the Sun

Release Date: 28 May 1961

Runtime: 2h 8m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.663 (126 votes)

Cast

  • Walter Lee Younger: Sidney Poitier
  • Lena Younger: Claudia McNeil
  • Ruth Younger: Ruby Dee
  • Beneatha Younger: Diana Sands
  • Asagai: Ivan Dixon
  • Mark Lindner: John Fiedler
  • George Murchison: Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Travis Younger: Stephen Perry
  • Bobo: Joel Fluellen
  • Herman: Louis Terrel
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