Take a Giant Step (1959)

5.2/10 • 100 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Johnny Nash

Estelle Hemsley

Grandmother Martin

Ruby Dee

Frederick O'Neal

Beah Richards

Ellen Holly

The Girl in the Bar

Paulene Myers

Royce Wallace

Frances Foster

Roy Glenn

Dee Pollock

Bill Walker

Bernie Hamilton

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