

25/02/2008
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.

Sean Combs
as Walter Lee Younger

Sanaa Lathan
as Beneatha Younger

Audra McDonald
as Ruth Younger

Phylicia Rashād
as Lena Younger

Bill Nunn
as Bobo

David Oyelowo
as Joseph Asagai

Ron Cephas Jones
as Willy Harris

Sean Patrick Thomas
as George Murchison

John Stamos
as Carl Linder

Sandi Ross
as Earline Johnson

Rudy Webb
as Mr. Johnson

Martin Roach
as Walter Lee Sr.

Rosemary Dunsmore
as Mrs. Arnold

Paul Stephen
as Mr. Arnold

Emily Swiss
as Priscilla Holiday

Yanna McIntosh
as Miss Tilly

Jean Daigle
as Cop

Dan Warry-Smith
as Grocery Clerk

Elle Downs
as Cocktail Waitress

James Kirchner
as Mailman

Earl McLean Jr.
as Bubba

Gene Mack
as Bartender

Demo Cates
as Sax Player

Justin Martin
as Travis Younger

Morgan Freeman
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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