A Raisin in the Sun

May. 28,1961      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sidney Poitier as  Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil as  Lena Younger
Ruby Dee as  Ruth Younger
Diana Sands as  Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon as  Asagai
John Fiedler as  Mark Lindner
Louis Gossett Jr. as  George Murchison
Stephen Perry as  Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen as  Bobo
Roy Glenn as  Willie Harris

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