Film
Take a Giant Step
1959 · 1h 40m · Drama
From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
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- 6.9
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Overview
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.
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Cast
Johnny Nash
Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley
Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee
Christine
Frederick O'Neal
Lem Scott
Beah Richards
May Scott
Ellen Holly
The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers
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Royce Wallace
Rose Thompson
Frances Foster
Poppy
Roy Glenn
Minister
Dee Pollock
Tony
Bill Walker
Frank
Bernie Hamilton
Bar Sharpie
Delmar Erickson
Bobby
Sherman Raskin
Alan
Crew
- Philip LeacockDirector
- Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay · Producer
- Louis S. PetersonScreenplay
- Arthur E. ArlingDirector of Photography
- Jack MarshallOriginal Music Composer
- Frank GrossEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 1, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Budget
- $300,000
- Genres
- Drama
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