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A Raisin in the Sun
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Directed by
Daniel Petrie 
 
Writing credits
Lorraine Hansberry (play)

Lorraine Hansberry (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Sidney Poitier ... Walter Lee Younger
Claudia McNeil ... Lena Younger

Ruby Dee ... Ruth Younger
Diana Sands ... Beneatha Younger
Ivan Dixon ... Asagai
John Fiedler ... Mark Lindner

Louis Gossett Jr. ... George Murchison (as Louis Gossett)
Stephen Perry ... Travis Younger
Joel Fluellen ... Bobo
Louis Terrel ... Herman
Roy Glenn ... Willie Harris
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George DeNormand ... Employer (uncredited)
Thomas D. Jones ... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rudolph Monroe ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Stubbs ... Bartender (uncredited)
David Susskind ... On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
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Produced by
David Cogan .... producer: stage production (as David J. Cogan)
Philip Rose .... producer: stage production
David Susskind .... producer
 
Original Music by
Laurence Rosenthal 
 
Cinematography by
Charles Lawton Jr. 
 
Film Editing by
William A. Lyon 
Paul Weatherwax 
 
Art Direction by
Carl Anderson 
 
Set Decoration by
Louis Diage 
 
Makeup Department
Helen Hunt .... hair stylist
Ben Lane .... makeup supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Nelson .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
George Cooper .... sound
Charles J. Rice .... sound supervisor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Richard H. Kline .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator
 

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