Take a Giant Step [241552] Released: 1959-12-01 Revenue: $0 Budget: $300,000 Profit: $-300,000 Runtime: 100 mins Popularity: 0.8435 Vote Average: 5.2 Vote Count: 6 Overview: 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 [15] 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 Bernie HamiltonBar Sharpie Delmar EricksonBobby Sherman RaskinAlan Trailers