Take a Giant Step (1959)
Take a Giant Step (1959)
From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
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.

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Cast

Johnny Nash Johnny Nash As: Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley Estelle Hemsley As: Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee Ruby Dee As: Christine
Frederick O'Neal Frederick O'Neal As: Lem Scott
Beah Richards Beah Richards As: May Scott
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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.


Tagline: From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 01 December 1959

Country: US

Runtime: 100m

Company Credits

Company: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions

Budget: $300,000

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Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Arthur E. Arling

Arthur E. Arling

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Russell A. Gausman

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Edward Carrere

Edward Carrere

Art Direction

Oliver Emert

Oliver Emert

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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