Directed by:
Daniel PetrieCinematography:
Charles Lawton Jr.Composer:
Laurence RosenthalCast:
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., George DeNormand, Bob Sweeney, Roy Glenn, Joel Fluellen (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
The Younger family, frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment, sees the arrival of a $10,000 insurance check as the answers to their prayers. Matriarch Lena Younger (Caudia McNeil) promptly puts down a payment on a house in an all-white suburban neighborhood. But the family is divided when Lena entrusts the balance of the money to her mercurial son Walter Lee (Poitier), against the wishes of her daughter (Diana Sands) and daughter in law (Ruby Dee). It takes the strength and integrity of this African-American family to battle against generations of prejudice to try to achieve their piece of the American Dream. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sidney Poitier
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Claudia McNeil
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Ruby Dee
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Diana Sands
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Ivan Dixon
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
John Fiedler
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Louis Gossett Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
George DeNormand
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Bob Sweeney
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Marnie (1964)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Joel Fluellen
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Steven Perry
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Sound And The Fury (1959)
Escape From Atlantis (1997) (TV movie)