
Take a Giant Step
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.
Take a Giant Step
December 1, 1959
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Cast (15)

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
Crew (11)
Directing

Philip Leacock
Director
Writing
Production

Julius J. Epstein
Producer
Sound

Jack Marshall
Original Music Composer
Art
Camera

Arthur E. Arling
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Frank Gross
Editor