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