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Take a Giant Step
From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!
Genres
Drama
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.
Details
Budget
$300000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
1959-12-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Johnny Nash
Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley
Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee
Christine
Frederick O'Neal
Lem Scott
Beah Richards
May Scott
Ellen Holly
The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers
Violet
Royce Wallace
Rose Thompson
Frances Foster
Poppy
Roy Glenn
Minister
Dee Pollock
Tony
Bill Walker
Frank
Bernie Hamilton
Bar Sharpie
Delmar Erickson
Bobby
Sherman Raskin
Alan
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