Take a Giant Step
6.9
“From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!”
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.
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Johnny Nash
Spencer Scott
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Christine
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Lem Scott
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Philip Leacock Director · Julius J. Epstein Screenplay Louis S. Peterson Screenplay
Budget $300K · United States release December 1, 1959 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$300,000
Production
Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 1, 1959
Theatrical
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