Take a Giant Step
Take a Giant Step
Release: 1959-12-01
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 4.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Cast
Ellen Holly
as The Girl in the Bar
Dee Pollock
as Tony
Johnny Nash
as Spencer Scott
Ruby Dee
as Christine
Frederick O'Neal
as Lem Scott
Royce Wallace
as Rose Thompson
Frances Foster
as Poppy
Roy Glenn
as Minister
Bernie Hamilton
as Bar Sharpie
Estelle Hemsley
as Grandmother Martin
Beah Richards
as May Scott
Paulene Myers
as Violet
Bill Walker
as Frank