Take a Giant Step (1959)
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Johnny Nash
as Spencer Scott
as Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley
as Grandmother Martin
as Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee
as Christine
as Christine
Frederick O'Neal
as Lem Scott
as Lem Scott
Beah Richards
as May Scott
as May Scott
Ellen Holly
as The Girl in the Bar
as The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers
as Violet
as Violet
Royce Wallace
as Rose Thompson
as Rose Thompson
Frances Foster
as Poppy
as Poppy
Roy Glenn
as Minister
as Minister
Dee Pollock
as Tony
as Tony
Bill Walker
as Frank
as Frank
Bernie Hamilton
as Bar Sharpie
as Bar Sharpie
Delmar Erickson
as Bobby
as Bobby
Sherman Raskin
as Alan
as Alan
Crew arrow_drop_down
Philip Leacock
Director
Director
Louis S. Peterson
Screenplay
Screenplay
Louis S. Peterson
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Screenplay
Julius J. Epstein
Producer
Producer
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Edward Carrere
Art Direction
Art Direction
Jack Marshall
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Frank Gross
Editor
Editor
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Arthur E. Arling
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
