Take a Giant Step (1959)

★ 5.2 1h 40m 9 votes IMDb
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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.

Take a Giant Step

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Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash as Spencer Scott Died 2020 · Houston, Texas, USA John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop sin...
Estelle Hemsley
Estelle Hemsley as Grandmother Martin Died 1968 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA Estelle Hemsley was born on May 5, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Leech Woman (1960), Take a Giant Step (1959) and Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965). She died on No...
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee as Christine Died 2014 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and f...
Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal as Lem Scott Died 1992
Beah Richards
Beah Richards as May Scott Died 2000 · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer. Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for...
Ellen Holly
Ellen Holly as The Girl in the Bar Died 2023 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Ellen Virginia Holly (January 16, 1931 – December 5, 2023) was an American actress. Beginning her career on stage in the late 1950s, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Carla Gray–Hall on the...
Director Philip Leacock
Cast Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal, Beah Richards, Ellen Holly, Paulene Myers, Royce Wallace, Frances Foster, Roy Glenn

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