Take a Giant Step (1959)

Drama

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.

Updated May 29 2020

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1959-12-01

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high school

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Runtime: 100 mins Rating: 6.3 Tag Line: From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

Cast

Ruby Dee

Christine

Delmar Erickson

Bobby

Beah Richards

May Scott

Dee Pollock

Tony

Bill Walker

Frank

Frances Foster

Poppy

Estelle Hemsley

Grandmother Martin

Roy Glenn

Minister

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Crew

Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay

Julius J. Epstein

Producer

Edward Carrere

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Frank Gross

Editor

Oliver Emert

Set Decoration

Philip Leacock

Director

Arthur E. Arling

Director of Photography

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