A Raisin in the Sun
The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions...
1961 | 128m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Daniel Petrie |
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| Writer: | Lorraine Hansberry |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 28, 1961 |
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| Director: | Daniel Petrie |
| Writer: | Lorraine Hansberry |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Roy Glenn | Willie Harris |
| George DeNormand | Employer (uncredited) |
| Bob Sweeney | Insurance Company Agent (uncredited) |
| Thomas D. Jones | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Rudolph Monroe | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Ray Stubbs | Bartender (uncredited) |
| David Susskind | On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Cooper | Sound |
| Carl Anderson | Art Direction |
| Charles J. Rice | Sound |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Helen Hunt | Hairstylist |
| William A. Lyon | Editor |
| Louis Diage | Set Decoration |
| Ben Lane | Makeup Artist |
| Sam Nelson | Assistant Director |
| Daniel Petrie | Director |
| Lorraine Hansberry | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| Laurence Rosenthal | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Lawton Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Richard H. Kline | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stephen Shalom | Executive Producer |
| Philip Rose | Producer |
| Ronald H. Gilbert | Producer |
| David Susskind | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 62 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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