Take a Giant Step
From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
1959 | 100m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Philip Leacock |
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| Writer: | Louis S. Peterson, Julius J. Epstein |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 01, 1959 |
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| Director: | Philip Leacock |
| Writer: | Louis S. Peterson, Julius J. Epstein |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | high school |
| Production Companies | Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $300,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 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 |
|---|---|
| Louis S. Peterson | Screenplay, Theatre Play |
| Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| 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 |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julius J. Epstein | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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