The Curse of Steptoe

In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

TV Movie

Duration:

67 minutes

Year:

2008

Director:

Michael Samuels

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Company:

BBC

Cast:

Harry H Corbett

Wilfrid Brambell

Tom Sloan

Joan Littlewood

Ray Galton

Crew:

Director

Writer