Take a Giant Step (1959)
December 1, 1959Release Date
Take a Giant Step (1959)
December 1, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Johnny Nash
Spence Scott
Estelle Hemsley
Gram Martin
Ruby Dee
Christine
Frederick O'Neal
Lem Scott
Beah Richards
May Scott
Ellen Holly
The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers
Violet
Frances Foster
Poppy
Royce Wallace
Rose Thompson
Roy Glenn
Minister
Sherman Raskin
Alan
Dee Pollock
Tony
Philip Leacock
Director
Bill Walker
Frank
Louis S. Peterson
Writer
Bernie Hamilton
Bar Sharpie
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Wiki.
Take a Giant Step is a 1959 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Philip Leacock.
The plot concerns a black teenager living in a predominantly white environment and having trouble coping as he reaches an age at which the realities of racism are beginning to affect his life more directly and pointedly than they had in his childhood. Adapted from the Broadway play by Louis S. Peterson, the film stars Johnny Nash β who would ultimately become more well known for his singing career, including the hit song "I Can See Clearly Now" β as the lead character, Spencer "Spence" Scott. Co-stars included Ruby Dee as the Scott family's housekeeper, Estelle Hemsley as Grandma Martin (Hemsley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress), and Beah Richards as Spence's mother. The movie's executive producer was Burt Lancaster through his Hecht-Hill-Lancaster production company.