Take a Giant Step
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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.
Rating: 4.875 / 10
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
Crew
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Philip Leacock - Director
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Louis S. Peterson - Screenplay
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Julius J. Epstein - Screenplay
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Louis S. Peterson - Theatre Play
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Julius J. Epstein - Producer
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