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Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

# From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
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📜 Overview: 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.
💵 Budget: USD 300,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1959-12-01
⌚ Running Time: 100 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Johnny Nash original image
Spencer Scott
Johnny Nash
Estelle Hemsley original image
Grandmother Martin
Estelle Hemsley
Ruby Dee original image
Christine
Ruby Dee
Frederick O'Neal original image
Lem Scott
Frederick O'Neal
Beah Richards original image
May Scott
Beah Richards
Ellen Holly original image
The Girl in the Bar
Ellen Holly
Paulene Myers original image
Violet
Paulene Myers
Royce Wallace original image
Rose Thompson
Royce Wallace
Frances Foster original image
Poppy
Frances Foster
Roy Glenn original image
Minister
Roy Glenn
Dee Pollock original image
Tony
Dee Pollock
Bill Walker original image
Frank
Bill Walker
Bernie Hamilton original image
Bar Sharpie
Bernie Hamilton
Delmar Erickson original image
Bobby
Delmar Erickson
Sherman Raskin original image
Alan
Sherman Raskin

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