Take a Giant Step

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.

• Philip LeacockDirector
• Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay
• Louis S. PetersonScreenplay
• Jack MarshallOriginal Music Composer

• Johnny NashSpencer Scott
• Estelle HemsleyGrandmother Martin
• Ruby DeeChristine
• Frederick O'NealLem Scott
• Beah RichardsMay Scott
• Ellen HollyThe Girl in the Bar
• Paulene MyersViolet
• Royce WallaceRose Thompson
• Frances FosterPoppy
• Roy GlennMinister
• Dee PollockTony
• Bill WalkerFrank