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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Director

  • Daniel Petrie
    Daniel Petrie

Writer

  • Lorraine Hansberry
    Lorraine Hansberry
    play
  • Lorraine Hansberry
    Lorraine Hansberry
    screenplay

Cast

(in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
  • Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    Walter Lee Younger
  • Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
    Claudia McNeil
    Claudia McNeil
    Lena Younger
  • Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    Ruth Younger
  • Diana Sands in A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
    Diana Sands
    Diana Sands
    Beneatha Younger
  • Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon
    Joseph Asagai
  • John Fiedler in Bewitched (1964)
    John Fiedler
    John Fiedler
    Mark Lindner
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    George Murchison
    (as Louis Gossett)
  • Steven Perry in ABC Stage 67 (1966)
    Steven Perry
    Steven Perry
    Travis Younger
    (as Stephen Perry)
  • Joel Fluellen
    Joel Fluellen
    Joel Fluellen
    Bobo
  • Louis Terrel
    Louis Terrel
    Herman
  • Roy Glenn in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Roy Glenn
    Roy Glenn
    Willie Harris
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • George DeNormand
    George DeNormand
    George DeNormand
    Employer
    (uncredited)
  • Azizi Johari
    Azizi Johari
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Thomas D. Jones
    Thomas D. Jones
    Chauffeur
    (uncredited)
  • Rudolph Monroe
    Rudolph Monroe
    Taxi Driver
    (uncredited)
  • Ray Stubbs
    Ray Stubbs
    Bartender
    (uncredited)
  • David Susskind
    David Susskind
    David Susskind
    On-screen Trailer Narrator
    (uncredited)
  • Joan Davis, Jerry Hausner, and Bob Sweeney in I Married Joan (1952)
    Bob Sweeney
    Bob Sweeney
    Insurance Company Agent
    (uncredited)

Producers

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

Composer

  • Laurence Rosenthal
    Laurence Rosenthal

Cinematographer

  • Charles Lawton Jr.
    Charles Lawton Jr.
    director of photography

Editors

  • William A. Lyon
    William A. Lyon
  • Paul Weatherwax
    Paul Weatherwax

Art Director

  • Carl Anderson
    Carl Anderson

Set Decorator

  • Louis Diage
    Louis Diage

Makeup Department

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

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Sam Nelson
    Sam Nelson
    assistant director

Sound Department

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

Camera and Electrical Department

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

Music Department

  • Arthur Morton
    Arthur Morton
    orchestrator
  • Victor Arno
    Victor Arno
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Israel Baker
    Israel Baker
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Frank Beach
    Frank Beach
    musician: trumpet (uncredited)
  • Milt Bernhart
    Milt Bernhart
    musician: trombone (uncredited)
  • Mahlon Clark
    Mahlon Clark
    musician: clarinet (uncredited)
  • Vince De Rosa
    Vince De Rosa
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • James Decker
    James Decker
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • Dominick Fera
    Dominick Fera
    musician: clarinet (uncredited)
  • Arthur L. Frantz
    Arthur L. Frantz
    musician-french horn (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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

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