Take a Giant Step (1959)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1959-12-01
Runtime: 100 minutes
Director: Philip Leacock
Budget: $300,000 USD
Top Cast
- 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
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