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.
Casts Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Steven Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terrel
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IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2014
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IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 4.9 | Jul , 1930
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IMDB 8 | Mar , 2021
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1961
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IMDB 8 | Jul , 2020
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IMDB 2 | Mar , 1994
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2022
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