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Take a Giant Step

"From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!"

1959 100 min 5.2

Overview

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, Christin, who tells him her own difficult story.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1959-12-01
Budget: $300,000
Production: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions