Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step (1959)

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

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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  • Release Date: 1959-12-01
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Philip Leacock

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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

      Violet

    • 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

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