Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step (1959)

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1959-12-01
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Philip Leacock
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Summary

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

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  • Johnny Nash

    as Spencer Scott

  • Estelle Hemsley

    as Grandmother Martin

  • Ruby Dee

    as Christine

  • Frederick O'Neal

    as Lem Scott

  • Beah Richards

    as May Scott

  • Ellen Holly

    as The Girl in the Bar

  • Paulene Myers

    as Violet

  • Royce Wallace

    as Rose Thompson

  • Frances Foster

    as Poppy

  • Roy Glenn

    as Minister

  • Dee Pollock

    as Tony

  • Bill Walker

    as Frank

  • Bernie Hamilton

    as Bar Sharpie

  • Delmar Erickson

    as Bobby

  • Sherman Raskin

    as Alan
Directing Philip Leacock Director
Writing Louis S. Peterson Screenplay
Writing Louis S. Peterson Theatre Play
Writing Julius J. Epstein Screenplay
Production Julius J. Epstein Producer
Art Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Art Edward Carrere Art Direction
Sound Jack Marshall Original Music Composer
Editing Frank Gross Editor
Art Oliver Emert Set Decoration
Camera Arthur E. Arling Director of Photography

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