The Curse of Steptoe
– In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Har..
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.
Release Date:
19 Mar 2008
Language:
English
Director:
Michael Samuels
Writer:
Brian Fillis
Main Actors:
Roger Allam, Jason Isaacs, Zoë Tapper, Clare Higgins
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: