Take a Giant Step
From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
1959 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Philip Leacock |
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| Writer: | Louis S. Peterson, Julius J. Epstein |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 01, 1959 |
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| Director: | Philip Leacock |
| Writer: | Louis S. Peterson, Julius J. Epstein |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | high school, coming of age, loss of virginity, racism, maid, older woman younger man relationship, sexual awakening, running away, barflies, expelled from school, angry young man, grandmother grandson relationship, cruel reality, young black kid, black family, fake friends |
| Production Companies | Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $300,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Philip Leacock | Director |
| Jack Marshall | Original Music Composer |
| Arthur E. Arling | Director of Photography |
| Frank Gross | Editor |
| Edward Carrere | Art Direction |
| Oliver Emert | Set Decoration |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Louis S. Peterson | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julius J. Epstein | Producer |
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