A Raisin in the Sun

1961 · 128 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 10,083 VOTES · DIR. Daniel Petrie

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,877 lines

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00:02:06 Wake up.
00:08:14 Know what I was thinking this morning?
00:12:20 Not ours. Hers.
00:17:33 The way you look, you need to be sitting down immediately.
00:21:44 We'd even picked out the house.
00:25:26 You mustn't dislike folks because they're well-off.
00:29:47 That don't make no difference.
00:34:33 She said everything will be fine.
00:39:31 ...isn't liberated at all. You all talk about it too much.
00:44:36 Put it away.
00:49:33 Then how come there can never be no peace in this house?
00:57:33 The drums move me.
01:03:14 I sure would like to talk to him.
01:08:58 - Aw, Mama. - Get in there now.
01:15:20 But we were so sure he could come to work.
01:25:05 Hot dog, Mama!
01:31:07 ...but we're doing something about it.
01:36:20 He left his card...
01:40:23 Maybe you were late yesterday, and he went there without you.
01:45:52 So she is more of the future than you are.
01:50:54 But could be made to look brand-new.
01:55:00 - You won't have nothing left. - I'll feel fine.
02:00:42 I work as a chauffeur, you know.
10:00:00 Of course...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,877
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:02:06
Final line10:00:00

Production Record

DirectorDaniel Petrie
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,500,000
IMDb votes10,083