A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Synopsis
A black family living in a cramped Chicago tenement in the 1940s have the opportunity to improve their social standing via an insurance-policy check, but are in disagreement about how best to spend the windfall. Lorraine Hansberry adapted the script from her hit Broadway play.
Directors
Daniel Petrie, David Susskind, Carl Anderson, Philip Rose, Laurence Rosenthal
Production year
1961
Rating
TV-PG
Studio
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Runtime
127 minutes
Cast
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon