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Take a Giant Step

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

★ 5.4 (7 votes) | 1959 | 1h 40m
Drama
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, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date December 1, 1959
  • Budget $300,000
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions

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