Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 1, 1959

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

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 1, 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.

IMDb rating	6.9
Producers	Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Original title	Take a Giant Step
Directors	Philip Leacock
Writers	Louis S. Peterson, Julius J. Epstein

Cast

Johnny Nash

as Spencer Scott

Estelle Hemsley

as Grandmother Martin

Ruby Dee

as Christine

Frederick O'Neal

as Lem Scott

Beah Richards

as May Scott

Ellen Holly

as The Girl in the Bar

Paulene Myers

as Violet

Royce Wallace

as Rose Thompson

Frances Foster

as Poppy

Roy Glenn

as Minister

Dee Pollock

as Tony

Bill Walker

as Frank

Bernie Hamilton

as Bar Sharpie

Delmar Erickson

as Bobby

Sherman Raskin

as Alan