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A Raisin in the Sun ()

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A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.
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Walter Lee Younger
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Lena Younger
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Ruth Younger
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Beneatha Younger
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Joseph Asagai
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Mark Lindner
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George Murchison (as Louis Gossett)
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Travis Younger (as Stephen Perry)
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Bobo
Louis Terrel ...
Herman
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Willie Harris
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Employer (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones ...
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
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Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)

Directed by

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Daniel Petrie

Written by

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Lorraine Hansberry ... (play)
 
Lorraine Hansberry ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Ronald H. Gilbert ... producer
Philip Rose ... producer
Stephen Shalom ... executive producer
David Susskind ... producer

Music by

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Laurence Rosenthal

Cinematography by

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Charles Lawton Jr. ... director of photography

Editing by

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William A. Lyon
Paul Weatherwax

Editorial Department

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Sheri Eisenberg ... theatrical mastering colorist

Art Direction by

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Carl Anderson

Set Decoration by

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Louis Diage

Makeup Department

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Helen Hunt ... hair stylist
Ben Lane ... makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sam Nelson ... assistant director

Sound Department

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George Cooper ... sound
Charles J. Rice ... sound supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Richard H. Kline ... camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Arthur Morton ... orchestrator
Victor Arno ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Frank Beach ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Milt Bernhart ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Mahlon Clark ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Jim Decker ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Arthur L. Frantz ... musician-french horn (uncredited)
Benny Gill ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Justin Gordon ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Armand Kaproff ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Nathan Kaproff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Harry Klee ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Edgar Lustgarten ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Marsh ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Ted Nash ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Milton Raskin ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Laurence Rosenthal ... conductor (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Eudice Shapiro ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ray Sherman ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Manuel Stevens ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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David Cogan ... stage producer (as David J. Cogan)
Philip Rose ... stage producer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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... Written by Greg Bruno

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Taglines The Prize-Winning Drama That Warms The Screen With Its People and Its Passions!... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Un raisin au soleil (France)
  • Ein Fleck in der Sonne (Germany)
  • Un lunar en el sol (Spain)
  • Güneşte Bir Leke (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • Ena stafyli ston ilio (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 128 min
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Budget $1,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia There was a tense and antagonistic relationship between Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil during the making of this film. The tension between the actor and actress had first developed when they played these parts in the play on Broadway. McNeil felt that film should adopt her character's point-of-view, a stance supported by the Playwright Lorraine Hansberry, while Poitier believed his character's struggles should be the focal point of the film. The actor and actress' distaste for one another never quite diminished, and Poitier wrote many years later that he believed that McNeil hated him. See more »
Goofs When Benetha is talking to mama and getting ready to go out with George, the bracelet on her left arm keeps disappearing and reappearing. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in America at the Movies (1976). See more »
Quotes Lena Younger: [sobbing] Oh God, please, look down and give me strength!
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