Take a Giant Step

1959 film by Philip Leacock

Movie film Q3514279

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Philip Leacock^[1]
Genre: coming-of-age film, drama film, film based on a literary work^[5]^[6]^[7]
Publication date: December 1, 1959, July 1960, August 4, 1960, August 19, 1960, August 22, 1960, April 28, 1961^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]
Screenwriter: Julius J. Epstein, Louis S. Peterson^[2]^[3]
Producer: Harold Hecht^[19]
Nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding^[33]
Duration: +100^[35]
Cast member: Johnny Nash, Frederick O'Neal, Ruby Dee, Estelle Hemsley, Beah Richards, Ellen Holly, Paulene Myers, Royce Wallace, Frances Foster, William Walker, Dee Pollock^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Color: black-and-white^[23]
Composer: Jack Marshall^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[24]
Director of photography: Arthur E. Arling^[21]
Distributed by: United Artists^[31]
Film editor: Frank Gross^[32]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[22]
P14449: 121703^[36]
P14724: 7728200^[37]
P14821: 53331^[38]
Production company: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions^[20]
Title: Take a Giant Step^[34]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 29

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 53531
AllMovie title ID: am96384
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.qgiwskfhykhsvzxyofozqnrj
Cinema Context ID: F018361
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 12122
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 50145
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/345D-7131-B047-94A1-C20F-0
ElFilm film ID: 53232
Elonet movie ID: 770145
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/spring-ueber-deinen-schatten
FilmAffinity film ID: 262074
Filmfront film ID (archived): 26974

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Freebase ID: /m/04j0pgl
IMDb ID: tt0053331
Kinobox film ID: 233170
Kinopoisk film ID: 21045
LdiF ID: 45061
Letterboxd film ID: take-a-giant-step
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 17225
Moviepilot.de film ID: spring-uber-deinen-schatten
OFDb film ID: 29525
Plex media key: 5d776a80594b2b001e6be1f0
Swedish Film Database ID: 40461
TCM Movie Database film ID: 16163
TMDB movie ID: 241552
TheTVDB movie ID: 68191
Trakt.tv ID: movies/take-a-giant-step-1959
Trakt.tv film ID: 147223
ČSFD film ID: 163826

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Cast member 9

Johnny Nash, Ruby Dee, Beah Richards, Estelle Hemsley, Ellen Holly, Frederick O'Neal, Frances Foster, Paulene Myers +1 more

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Jack Marshall

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Philip Leacock

Director of photography 1

Arthur E. Arling

Distributed by 1

United Artists

Genre 1

drama film

Instance of 1

film

Nominated for 1

Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Harold Hecht

Screenwriter 1

Julius J. Epstein

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Take a Giant Step — director (P57): Philip Leacock. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Take a Giant Step — screenwriter (P58): Julius J. Epstein. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Take a Giant Step — screenwriter (P58): Louis S. Peterson. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Take a Giant Step — composer (P86): Jack Marshall. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Take a Giant Step — genre (P136): coming-of-age film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Take a Giant Step — genre (P136): drama film. Retrieved 2019-05-27. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Take a Giant Step — genre (P136): film based on literature. filmdienst.de. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Johnny Nash. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Frederick O'Neal. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Ruby Dee. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Estelle Hemsley. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Beah Richards. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Ellen Holly. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Paulene Myers. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Royce Wallace. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Frances Foster. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): William Walker. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Take a Giant Step — cast member (P161): Dee Pollock. Retrieved 2025-09-29. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Take a Giant Step — producer (P162): Harold Hecht. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Take a Giant Step — production company (P272): Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Take a Giant Step — director of photography (P344): Arthur E. Arling. Retrieved 2021-10-01. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Take a Giant Step — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Take a Giant Step — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Take a Giant Step — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): December 1, 1959. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): July 1960. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): August 4, 1960. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): August 19, 1960. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): August 22, 1960. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Take a Giant Step — publication date (P577): April 28, 1961. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Take a Giant Step — distributed by (P750): United Artists. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Take a Giant Step — film editor (P1040): Frank Gross. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Take a Giant Step — nominated for (P1411): Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Take a Giant Step — title (P1476): Take a Giant Step. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Take a Giant Step — duration (P2047): 100 minutes. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Take a Giant Step — P14449 (P14449): 121703. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Take a Giant Step — P14724 (P14724): 7728200. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Take a Giant Step — P14821 (P14821): 53331. wikidata.org.

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Publication date → +1959-12-01T00:00:00Z, +1960-07-00T00:00:00Z, +1960-08-04T00:00:00Z +3

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