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Cast
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 |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions... |
Certification: | 18 |
Cast
Sidney Poitier |
Walter Lee Younger |
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Claudia McNeil |
Lena Younger |
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Ruby Dee |
Ruth Younger |
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Diana Sands |
Beneatha Younger |
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Ivan Dixon |
Asagai |
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John Fiedler |
Mark Lindner |
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Louis Gossett Jr. |
George Murchison |
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Stephen Perry |
Travis Younger |
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Joel Fluellen |
Bobo |
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Louis Terrel |
Herman |
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Roy Glenn |
Willie Harris |
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George DeNormand |
Employer (uncredited) |
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Bob Sweeney |
Insurance Company Agent (uncredited) |
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Thomas D. Jones |
Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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Rudolph Monroe |
Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Ray Stubbs |
Bartender (uncredited) |
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David Susskind |
On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited) |
Directed By
Daniel Petrie |
Director |
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Sam Nelson |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Lorraine Hansberry |
Screenplay |
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Lorraine Hansberry |
Theatre Play |
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Production Crew
Ronald H. Gilbert |
Producer |
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David Susskind |
Producer |
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Stephen Shalom |
Executive Producer |
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Philip Rose |
Producer |
Edited By
Paul Weatherwax |
Editor |
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William A. Lyon |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Helen Hunt |
Hairstylist |
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Ben Lane |
Makeup Artist |
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Sound
Laurence Rosenthal |
Original Music Composer |
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George Cooper |
Sound |
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Charles J. Rice |
Sound |
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Arthur Morton |
Orchestrator |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Charles Lawton Jr. |
Director of Photography |
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Richard H. Kline |
Camera Operator |
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Lighting
Art Department
Carl Anderson |
Art Direction |
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Louis Diage |
Set Decoration |
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Other Crew
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