A Raisin in the Sun

7.7

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.

Discover

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

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)

Art

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Camera

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ben Lane

Makeup Artist

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Directing

Daniel Petrie

Director

Sam Nelson

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

David Susskind

Producer

Stephen Shalom

Executive Producer

Philip Rose

Producer

Sound

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Writing

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play

Art

Louis Diage

Set Decoration

Carl Anderson

Art Direction

Camera

Charles Lawton Jr.

Director of Photography

Richard H. Kline

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ben Lane

Makeup Artist

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Directing

Daniel Petrie

Director

Sam Nelson

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

David Susskind

Producer

Stephen Shalom

Executive Producer

Philip Rose

Producer

Sound

Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Writing

Lorraine Hansberry

Theatre Play