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Take a Giant Step

1959 • 1h40m Drama

Rating

4.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Philip Leacock

Screenplay

Louis S. Peterson

Julius J. Epstein

Cast

Johnny Nash

Estelle Hemsley

Ruby Dee

Release date

12/1/1959

Status

Released

Budget

$300,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

8