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Take a Giant Step

"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."

Cast

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Johnny Nash

as Spencer Scott

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Estelle Hemsley

as Grandmother Martin

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Ruby Dee

as Christine

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Frederick O'Neal

as Lem Scott

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Beah Richards

as May Scott

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Ellen Holly

as The Girl in the Bar

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Paulene Myers

as Violet

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Royce Wallace

as Rose Thompson

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Frances Foster

as Poppy

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Roy Glenn

as Minister

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Dee Pollock

as Tony

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Bill Walker

as Frank

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Bernie Hamilton

as Bar Sharpie

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Delmar Erickson

as Bobby

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Sherman Raskin

as Alan

Crew

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Philip Leacock

Director

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Louis S. Peterson

Screenplay

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Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay

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Louis S. Peterson

Theatre Play

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Julius J. Epstein

Producer

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Jack Marshall

Original Music Composer

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Arthur E. Arling

Director of Photography

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Frank Gross

Editor

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Edward Carrere

Art Direction

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Oliver Emert

Set Decoration

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Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration