Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step (1959)

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.

Fecha de estreno
1959-12-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (9)
Duración
1 h 40 min
Géneros
Drama
Director
Philip Leacock

Reparto

Curiosidades

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Take a Giant Step is a 1959 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Philip Leacock.

Production

Prior to his selection as the lead in Take a Giant Step, Johnny Nash had made a name for himself as a singer, appearing on The Arthur Godfrey Show. Nash said that he was told that Burt Lancaster saw him on television, thought he would be right for the part and had him brought in to audition.

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