Take a Giant Step (1959)

  • NR
  • 12/01/1959 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 40m

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

Overview

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.

Philip Leacock

Director

Louis S. Peterson

Screenplay

Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay

Cast

Johnny Nash's headshot

Johnny Nash

Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley's headshot

Estelle Hemsley

Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee's headshot

Ruby Dee

Christine
Frederick O'Neal's headshot

Frederick O'Neal

Lem Scott
Beah Richards's headshot

Beah Richards

May Scott
Ellen Holly's headshot

Ellen Holly

The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers's headshot

Paulene Myers

Violet
Royce Wallace's headshot

Royce Wallace

Rose Thompson

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