The Curse of Steptoe

5.8 2008 | 67 min

Drama TV Movie

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.

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Title: The Curse of Steptoe
Original Title: The Curse of Steptoe
Year: 2008
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Rating: 5.8/10 (8 votes)
Popularity: 0.3
Runtime: 67 minutes
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Director(s): Michael Samuels
Writer(s): Brian Fillis
Producer(s): 
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Status: Released
Tagline: 
TMDB ID: 211371
IMDB ID: tt1179838
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179838
TMDB Link: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/211371
Official Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009hp17
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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.
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