The Curse of Steptoe

Name: The Curse of Steptoe
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 2008-03-19
Duration: 1 h 7 min
Rating: 7.70
Cast: Zoë Tapper, Clare Higgins, Roger Allam, Jason Isaacs

– In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Har..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.70 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 7 Minutes

Release Year:

2008

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.

Story Timeline:

1960s

Producing Country:

Filming Locations:

Mine

Genre:

Biography, Drama

Release Date:

19 Mar 2008

Language:

English

Directed by:

Michael Samuels

Story Written By:

Brian Fillis

Main Actors:

Zoë Tapper, Clare Higgins, Roger Allam, Jason Isaacs

Plot:

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 ...

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.8/10

#Television Studio

#Bbc

#In The Closet

#Gay Couple

#Closeted Homosexual

#Homosexual

#Adultery