Summary
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.
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Audiences 76GoodWatch 70
Audience score88%
Letterboxd · 379 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 25 more
Released
1959
December 1, 1959
67 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Golden Globe Awards1960
- Best Film Promoting International Understanding1960Nominated
and 10 more15 people
- 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- DEDelmar EricksonBobby
- SRSherman RaskinAlan
Directing · 1
- Philip Leacock Director
Writing · 2
- Julius J. Epstein Screenplay, Producer
- Louis S. Peterson Screenplay, Theatre Play
Camera · 1
- Arthur E. Arling Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Frank Gross Editor
Sound · 1
- Jack Marshall Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
- Edward Carrere Art Direction
- Oliver Emert Set Decoration
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